spielte

/[ˈʃpiːltə]/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,825

in German word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

16

similar word pairs

spielte is aGermanverb. It means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs spielen Pronounced [ˈʃpiːltə]. It ranks #1,825 in German word frequency. Often confused with spielten and Spiel.

Key facts for spielte
PropertyValue
Headwordspielte
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈʃpiːltə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,825
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of spielte in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for spielte is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃpiːltə]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,825 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for spielte, with forms such as "psielte", "sipelte", and "speilte". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "spielten", "Spiel", "Spiele", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is spielte, spelled S-P-I-E-L-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs spielen
  2. 2
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs spielen
  3. 3
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs spielen
  4. 4
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs spielen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: psielte,sipelte,speilte,spielet,spiellte,spieltte,spietle,spilete,sppielte,sspielte

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for spielte

Misspelling Variants of "spielte"

psielte7sipelte7speilte7spielet7spiellte8spieltte8spietle7spilete7
Misspelling Variants of "spielte"

Frequency rank: #1,825 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "spielte"?
"spielte" is spelled S-P-I-E-L-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃpiːltə].
What does "spielte" mean?
As a verb, "spielte" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs spielen
What words are commonly confused with "spielte"?
"spielte" is commonly confused with "spielten", "Spiel", "Spiele". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "spielte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "spielte" is [ˈʃpiːltə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "spielte" come from?
"spielte" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.