Sportfest
[ˈʃpɔʁtˌfɛst]
The verdict
“Sportfest” is uncommon German (frequency #54,098 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,098
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - festliche Sportveranstaltung
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sportfest |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃpɔʁtˌfɛst] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #54,098 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Sportfest” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Sportfest is uncommon German at frequency #54,098 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃpɔʁtˌfɛst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "festliche Sportveranstaltung".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Sportfest in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Sportfest, spelled S-P-O-R-T-F-E-S-T.
Definition
- 1festliche Sportveranstaltung
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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Using “Sportfest”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-P-O-R-T-F-E-S-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʃpɔʁtˌfɛst] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.