sporadisch

Name: sporadisch, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ʃpoˈʁaːdɪʃ]

/[ʃpoˈʁaːdɪʃ]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“sporadisch” has 16 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #22,514. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,514
frequency rank, German: 8,027
“S” headwords: 16
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - relativ vereinzelt vorkommend, (nur) gelegentlich

Corpus desk

Index DE-sporadisch · sporadisch · German

sporadisch · rank #22,514 · 16 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-MID #22,514
LEN-MEGA 10 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-HIGH 16 variants
BOOK-DENSE 8,027
PHOTO-FINISH Spielbetrieb

Nearest frequency peer: Spielbetrieb (-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.

Spalt

77,490
Spiegelbild

77,489
Spielbetrieb

77,488
sporadisch

77,487
Sporen

77,486
Statuten

77,485

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

Key facts for sporadisch
Property	Value
Headword	sporadisch
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[ʃpoˈʁaːdɪʃ]
Letters	10
Frequency rank	#22,514
Misspellings tracked	16
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „sporadisch“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.sporadischliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#22,514

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Spielbetrieb“ (#22,513), „Sporen“ (#22,515), „Spiegelbild“ (#22,512). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „sporadisch“ bei #22,514. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around sporadisch (IPA [ʃpoˈʁaːdɪʃ]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #22,514 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for sporadisch, with forms such as "psoradisch", "sopradisch", and "spoardisch". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is sporadisch, spelled S-P-O-R-A-D-I-S-C-H.

Definition

1
relativ vereinzelt vorkommend, (nur) gelegentlich
2
relativ zerstreut, verstreut
3
relativ in unregelmäßigen Abständen wiederkehrend
4
zu den 26 endlichen einfachen Ausnahmegruppen gehörend

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Da die Fehler jetzt nur noch sporadisch auftraten, waren sie mit ihrer Arbeit zufrieden.
„In Deutschland wurde der Sprachwechsel dadurch gefördert, dass die Juden selbst ihre eigene Muttersprache bis dahin in einem vagen Sinne als eine jüdische Form des Deutschen aufgefasst und in ihrem Sprachgebrauch sporadisch zu verschiedenen Gelegenheiten Anleihen am Schriftdeutschen gemacht hatten.“

Synonyms

selten gelegentlich ab und zu

Antonyms

häufig dicht regelmäßig

This word in other languages

sporadic(English)esporádico(Español)sporadique(Français)esporádico(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

psoradisch
sopradisch
spoardisch
sporaddisch
sporadicsh
sporadiscch
sporadischh
sporadishc
sporadissch
sporadsich
sporaidsch
spordaisch
sporradisch
spporadisch
sproadisch
ssporadisch

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "sporadisch"

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 "sporadisch"?

"sporadisch" is spelled S-P-O-R-A-D-I-S-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃpoˈʁaːdɪʃ].

What does "sporadisch" mean?

As an adjective, "sporadisch" means: relativ vereinzelt vorkommend, (nur) gelegentlich

What are common misspellings of "sporadisch"?

Common misspellings include "psoradisch", "sopradisch", "spoardisch", "sporaddisch", "sporadicsh". The correct spelling is "sporadisch".

How do you pronounce "sporadisch"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sporadisch" is [ʃpoˈʁaːdɪʃ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "sporadisch" come from?

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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

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