Spielfeld
[ˈʃpiːlˌfɛlt]
The verdict
“Spielfeld” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #13,485 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #13,485
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Fläche, auf der ein Spiel gespielt wird, insbesondere beim Sport
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 | Spielfeld |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃpiːlˌfɛlt] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #13,485 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Spielfeld” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Spielfeld is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃpiːlˌfɛlt]. Corpus data places it at rank #13,485 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Fläche, auf der ein Spiel gespielt wird, insbesondere beim Sport".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Spielfeld, with forms such as "psielfeld", "sipelfeld", and "speilfeld". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Spielfilm", "Spielwelt", "spielend", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Spielfeld, spelled S-P-I-E-L-F-E-L-D.
Definition
- 1Fläche, auf der ein Spiel gespielt wird, insbesondere beim Sport
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: psielfeld,sipelfeld,speilfeld,spiefleld,spielefld,spielfedl,spielfeldd,spielfelld,spielffeld,spielfled,spiellfeld,spilefeld,sppielfeld,sspielfeld
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Spielfeld - 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 “Spielfeld”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-P-I-E-L-F-E-L-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʃpiːlˌfɛlt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Spielfilm” - see the side-by-side comparison. Spielfeld vs Spielfilm
- 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.