spinnt

[ʃpɪnt]

/[ʃpɪnt]/ verb

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The verdict

“spinnt” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #19,397. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,397
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs spinnen

Corpus desk

Index DE-spinnt · spinnt · German

spinnt · rank #19,397 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,397
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH spirituelle

Nearest frequency peer: spirituelle (+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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „spinnt“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „spinnt“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

spinnt vs Spion
50% similar
spinnt vs stinkt
67% similar
spinnt vs Sprint
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for spinnt
PropertyValue
Headwordspinnt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ʃpɪnt]
Letters6
Frequency rank#19,397
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „spinnt“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).spinntliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „spirituelle“ (#19,398), „spekulieren“ (#19,395), „split“ (#19,399). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „spinnt“ bei #19,397. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around spinnt (IPA [ʃpɪnt]), averb. Corpus frequency is #19,397 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for spinnt, with forms such as "psinnt", "sipnnt", and "spinntt". 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, "Spion", "stinkt", "Sprint", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is spinnt, spelled S-P-I-N-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs spinnen
  2. 2
    2. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs spinnen
  3. 3
    2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs spinnen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • psinnt
  • sipnnt
  • spinntt
  • spint
  • spintn
  • spnint
  • sppinnt
  • sspinnt

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of spinnt - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

psinnt2sipnnt2spinntt1spint1spintn2spnint2sppinnt1sspinnt1
Edit distance from "spinnt"

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 "spinnt"?
"spinnt" is spelled S-P-I-N-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃpɪnt].
What does "spinnt" mean?
As a verb, "spinnt" means: 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs spinnen
What words are commonly confused with "spinnt"?
"spinnt" is commonly confused with "Spion", "stinkt", "Sprint". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "spinnt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "spinnt" is [ʃpɪnt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "spinnt" come from?
"spinnt" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

snacks#19,391Selfie#19,387Stätte#19,409Synode#19,410

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

split8 variantsSeemann8 variantsteures8 variantstiefes8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list