spinnen
[ˈʃpɪnən]
The verdict
“spinnen” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #10,368 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #10,368
- frequency rank, German
- 7
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - einen Faden herstellen, Erstellung von Garn aus einzelnen Fasern
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 | spinnen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʃpɪnən] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #10,368 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “spinnen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for spinnen is 7 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃpɪnən]. Corpus data places it at rank #10,368 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for spinnen, with forms such as "psinnen", "sipnnen", and "spinen". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "spinnt", "Spione", "Spitzen", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is spinnen, spelled S-P-I-N-N-E-N.
Definition
- 1einen Faden herstellen, Erstellung von Garn aus einzelnen Fasern
- 2mit Hilfe von Drüsen einen Faden herstellen
- 3erfundene Dinge erzählen, als wären sie wahr
- 4sich ungewöhnlich verhalten
- 5ein Geräusch wie ein Spinnrad machen
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: psinnen,sipnnen,spinen,spinenn,spinnenn,spinnne,spninen,sppinnen,sspinnen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of spinnen - 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 “spinnen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-P-I-N-N-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʃpɪnən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “spinnt” - see the side-by-side comparison. spinnen vs spinnt
- 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.