Spielgeld

[ˈʃpiːlɡɛlt]

/[ˈʃpiːlɡɛlt]/ noun

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The verdict

“Spielgeld” is uncommon German (frequency #67,722 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,722
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - offensichtlich unechte Geldscheine und Währungen, die in Spielen benutzt werden

Corpus desk

Index DE-spielgeld · Spielgeld · German

Spielgeld · rank #67,722 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,722
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH speziellem

Nearest frequency peer: speziellem (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Spielgeld“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Spielgeld“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Spielgeld
PropertyValue
HeadwordSpielgeld
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃpiːlɡɛlt]
Letters9
Frequency rank#67,722
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Spielgeld“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Spielgeldfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „speziellem“ (#67,721), „sponsern“ (#67,723), „sperrigen“ (#67,720). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Spielgeld“ bei #67,722. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Spielgeld is uncommon German at frequency #67,722 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃpiːlɡɛlt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for Spielgeld in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Spielgeld, spelled S-P-I-E-L-G-E-L-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    offensichtlich unechte Geldscheine und Währungen, die in Spielen benutzt werden
  2. 2
    Einsatz bei Glücksspielen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Spielgeld appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Am Anfang einer Runde Monopoly muss erstmal das Spielgeld ausgeteilt werden.
  2. Der Gewinner ist, wer am Ende des Spiels am meisten Spielgeld hat.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Spielgeld"?
"Spielgeld" is spelled S-P-I-E-L-G-E-L-D. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃpiːlɡɛlt].
What does "Spielgeld" mean?
As a noun, "Spielgeld" means: offensichtlich unechte Geldscheine und Währungen, die in Spielen benutzt werden
How do you pronounce "Spielgeld"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Spielgeld" is [ˈʃpiːlɡɛlt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Spielgeld" come from?
"Spielgeld" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Spielgeld", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sperrigen#67,720Steilhang#67,736Stollberg#67,743Streckung#67,750

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list