Spinner

/[ˈʃpɪnɐ]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,097

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Spinner is aGermannoun. It means: Person, die das Spinnen betreibt, in einer Spinnerei arbeitet, Garn herstellt Pronounced [ˈʃpɪnɐ]. It ranks #9,097 in German word frequency. Often confused with spinnt and Spione.

Key facts for Spinner
PropertyValue
HeadwordSpinner
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃpɪnɐ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#9,097
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Spinner is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for Spinner, with forms such as "psinner", "sipnner", and "spinenr". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "spinnt", "Spione", "Spitzer", 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 Spinner, spelled S-P-I-N-N-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Person, die das Spinnen betreibt, in einer Spinnerei arbeitet, Garn herstellt
  2. 2
    Person, die unsinnige Gedanken, Vorstellungen hat, äußert
  3. 3
    Person, die Lügen erzählt und dadurch auch Intrigen "strickt" beziehungsweise "spinnt"
  4. 4
    löffel- oder weidenblattförmiger, auf einer Stahldrahtachse rotierender künstlicher Angelköder
  5. 5
    Nachtfalter aus unterschiedlichen Familien, deren Raupen sich in dicht gesponnenen Kokons verpuppen

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: psinner,sipnner,spinenr,spiner,spinnerr,spinnre,spniner,sppinner,sspinner

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Spinner

Misspelling Variants of "Spinner"

psinner7sipnner7spinenr7spiner6spinnerr8spinnre7spniner7sppinner8
Misspelling Variants of "Spinner"

Frequency rank: #9,097 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Spinner"?
"Spinner" is spelled S-P-I-N-N-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃpɪnɐ].
What does "Spinner" mean?
As a noun, "Spinner" means: Person, die das Spinnen betreibt, in einer Spinnerei arbeitet, Garn herstellt
What words are commonly confused with "Spinner"?
"Spinner" is commonly confused with "spinnt", "Spione", "Spitzer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Spinner"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Spinner" is [ˈʃpɪnɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Spinner" come from?
"Spinner" 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.