spielerischer
[ˈʃpiːləʁɪʃɐ]
The verdict
“spielerischer” is uncommon German (frequency #66,710 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,710
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs spielerisch
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | spielerischer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʃpiːləʁɪʃɐ] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #66,710 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “spielerischer” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
spielerischer is uncommon German at frequency #66,710 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʃpiːləʁɪʃɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for spielerischer in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is spielerischer, spelled S-P-I-E-L-E-R-I-S-C-H-E-R.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs spielerisch
- 2Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs spielerisch
- 3Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs spielerisch
- 4Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs spielerisch
- 5Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs spielerisch
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 “spielerischer”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-P-I-E-L-E-R-I-S-C-H-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.