Spinner
[ˈʃpɪnɐ]
The verdict
“Spinner” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #9,097 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #9,097
- frequency rank, German
- 7
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Person, die das Spinnen betreibt, in einer Spinnerei arbeitet, Garn herstellt
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 | Spinner |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃpɪnɐ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #9,097 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Spinner” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Spinner is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃpɪnɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,097 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. 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 Spinner, with forms such as "psinner", "sipnner", and "spinenr". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "spinnt", "Spione", "Spitzer", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Spinner, spelled S-P-I-N-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1Person, die das Spinnen betreibt, in einer Spinnerei arbeitet, Garn herstellt
- 2Person, die unsinnige Gedanken, Vorstellungen hat, äußert
- 3Person, die Lügen erzählt und dadurch auch Intrigen "strickt" beziehungsweise "spinnt"
- 4löffel- oder weidenblattförmiger, auf einer Stahldrahtachse rotierender künstlicher Angelköder
- 5Nachtfalter aus unterschiedlichen Familien, deren Raupen sich in dicht gesponnenen Kokons verpuppen
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: psinner,sipnner,spinenr,spiner,spinnerr,spinnre,spniner,sppinner,sspinner
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Spinner - 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 “Spinner”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-P-I-N-N-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʃpɪnɐ] (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. Spinner 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.