Spore
[ˈʃpoːʁə]
The verdict
“Spore” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - winziges, einzelliges oder aus wenigen Zellen bestehendes Entwicklungsstadium eines Lebewesens, das der ungeschlechtlichen Vermehrung und Verbreitung dient; oftmals ein Dauerstadium
Corpus desk
Index DE-spore · Spore · German
Spore · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Spore |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃpoːʁə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Spore“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Spore is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃpoːʁə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "winziges, einzelliges oder aus wenigen Zellen bestehendes Entwicklungsstadium eines Lebewesens, das der ungeschlechtlichen Vermehrung und Verbreitung dient; oftmals ein Dauerstadium".
Zero misspellings are on record for Spore in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Spore, spelled S-P-O-R-E.
Definition
- 1winziges, einzelliges oder aus wenigen Zellen bestehendes Entwicklungsstadium eines Lebewesens, das der ungeschlechtlichen Vermehrung und Verbreitung dient; oftmals ein Dauerstadium
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Spore appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„An der Oberfläche der befallenen Früchte werden die Verbreitungsorgane gebildet, die aufplatzen und die Sporen verbreiten.“
„Seine Widerstandsfähigkeit verdankt das Moos einer besonderen Hülle um seine Sporen, welche diese effektiv vor Strahlungsschäden bewahrt.“
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.