Spitzensport
[ˈʃpɪt͡sn̩ˌʃpɔʁt]
The verdict
“Spitzensport” is uncommon German (frequency #61,049 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,049
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - auf höchstem Leistungsniveau betriebener Sport
Corpus desk
Index DE-spitzensport · Spitzensport · German
Spitzensport · rank #61,049 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,049
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 107,600
- PHOTO-FINISH Spitals
Nearest frequency peer: Spitals (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Spitzensport”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Spielkonsole
Spielkonsole
38,955 corpus weight
- Spitals
Spitals
38,953 corpus weight
- Spitzensport
Spitzensport
38,952 corpus weight
- Spitälern
Spitälern
38,951 corpus weight
- Spontanität
Spontanität
38,950 corpus weight
- Sprachnachr…
Sprachnachrichten
38,949 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Spitzensport” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Spitzensport |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃpɪt͡sn̩ˌʃpɔʁt] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #61,049 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Spitzensport” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Spitzensport is uncommon German at frequency #61,049 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃpɪt͡sn̩ˌʃpɔʁt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "auf höchstem Leistungsniveau betriebener Sport".
Zero misspellings are on record for Spitzensport in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Spitzensport, spelled S-P-I-T-Z-E-N-S-P-O-R-T.
Definition
- 1auf höchstem Leistungsniveau betriebener Sport
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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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Spitzensport", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.