Spielball
[ˈʃpiːlˌbal]
The verdict
“Spielball” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #33,309 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #33,309
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ein Ball, der zum Spielen bestimmt oder geeignet ist
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Spielball |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃpiːlˌbal] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #33,309 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Spielball” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Spielball is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃpiːlˌbal]. Corpus data places it at rank #33,309 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Spielball, with forms such as "psielball", "sipelball", and "speilball". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "spielbar", "Spielhalle", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Spielball, spelled S-P-I-E-L-B-A-L-L.
Definition
- 1ein Ball, der zum Spielen bestimmt oder geeignet ist
- 2Ballwechsel, der einen Spielabschnitt innerhalb eines Matches beenden kann
- 3etwas oder jemand, der Objekt des Interesses, des Spiels der Kräfte verschiedener Personen oder Personengruppen ist, dabei aber passiv, inaktiv bleibt oder bleiben muss
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: psielball,sipelball,speilball,spieblall,spielabll,spielbal,spielbball,spielblal,spiellball,spileball,sppielball,sspielball
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Spielball - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Spielball”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-P-I-E-L-B-A-L-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʃpiːlˌbal] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “spielbar” - see the side-by-side comparison. Spielball vs spielbar
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.