Spitzensportler

[ˈʃpɪt͡sn̩ˌʃpɔʁtlɐ]

/[ˈʃpɪt͡sn̩ˌʃpɔʁtlɐ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Spitzensportler” is uncommon German (frequency #70,823 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,823
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sportler mit außergewöhnlich guten sportlichen Leistungen

Corpus desk

Index DE-spitzensportler · Spitzensportler · German

Spitzensportler · rank #70,823 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,823
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Spieleabend

Nearest frequency peer: Spieleabend (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Spitzensportler“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Spitzensportler“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Spitzensportler
PropertyValue
HeadwordSpitzensportler
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃpɪt͡sn̩ˌʃpɔʁtlɐ]
Letters15
Frequency rank#70,823
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Spitzensportler“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Spitzensportlerfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Spieleabend“ (#70,822), „sponsert“ (#70,824), „soziokulturellen“ (#70,821). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Spitzensportler“ bei #70,823. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Spitzensportler is uncommon German at frequency #70,823 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃpɪt͡sn̩ˌʃpɔʁtlɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sportler mit außergewöhnlich guten sportlichen Leistungen".

Spitzensportler doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Spitzensportler, spelled S-P-I-T-Z-E-N-S-P-O-R-T-L-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sportler mit außergewöhnlich guten sportlichen Leistungen

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Spitzensportler appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Ob im Radsport, Schwimmen, Gewichtheben oder in der Leichtathletik, viele einst gefeierte Spitzensportler müssen sich vorwerfen lassen, mit unerlaubten Mitteln ihre Rekorde und Siege erzielt zu haben.“

Synonyms

Spitzenathlet

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 "Spitzensportler"?
"Spitzensportler" is spelled S-P-I-T-Z-E-N-S-P-O-R-T-L-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃpɪt͡sn̩ˌʃpɔʁtlɐ].
What does "Spitzensportler" mean?
As a noun, "Spitzensportler" means: Sportler mit außergewöhnlich guten sportlichen Leistungen
How do you pronounce "Spitzensportler"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Spitzensportler" is [ˈʃpɪt͡sn̩ˌʃpɔʁtlɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Spitzensportler" come from?
"Spitzensportler" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

subventionierte#70,855Tabellenzweiten#70,863unberechenbaren#70,914Rechtsmediziner#70,706

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list