Sportplatz

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

[ˈʃpɔʁtˌplat͡s]

/[ˈʃpɔʁtˌplat͡s]/ noun

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

The verdict

“Sportplatz” has 17 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #17,141. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,141
frequency rank, German: 8,027
“S” headwords: 17
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - gekennzeichnete Fläche im Freien, auf der Leichtathletik/Ballspiel (Sport) stattfinden kann

Corpus desk

Index DE-sportplatz · Sportplatz · German

Sportplatz · rank #17,141 · 17 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-MID #17,141
LEN-MEGA 10 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-HIGH 17 variants
BOOK-DENSE 8,027
PHOTO-FINISH Spielerinnen

Nearest frequency peer: Spielerinnen (-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.

Spezialität…

82,863
spider

82,862
Spielerinnen

82,861
Sportplatz

82,860
Stadtteilen

82,859
stifte

82,858

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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Sportplatz vs Startplatz

80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Sportplatz
Property	Value
Headword	Sportplatz
Language	German
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[ˈʃpɔʁtˌplat͡s]
Letters	10
Frequency rank	#17,141
Misspellings tracked	17
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Sportplatz“

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

#17,141

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

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Spielerinnen“ (#17,140), „Stadtteilen“ (#17,142), „spider“ (#17,139). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Sportplatz“ bei #17,141. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around Sportplatz (IPA [ˈʃpɔʁtˌplat͡s]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,141 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "gekennzeichnete Fläche im Freien, auf der Leichtathletik/Ballspiel (Sport) stattfinden kann".

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for Sportplatz, with forms such as "psortplatz", "soprtplatz", and "sporptlatz". 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. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Startplatz", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Sportplatz, spelled S-P-O-R-T-P-L-A-T-Z.

Definition

1
gekennzeichnete Fläche im Freien, auf der Leichtathletik/Ballspiel (Sport) stattfinden kann

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Wollen wir noch auf den Sportplatz gehen?
„Ich wußte auch, daß Marie im selben Heim mit ihrer Gruppe Abende hielt, ich kannte sie gut, sehr gut, weil ich viel mit ihrem Vater zusammen war, und manchmal ging ich abends zum Sportplatz, wenn sie mit ihren Mädchen da Völkerball spielte, und sah ihnen zu.“

This word in other languages

cancha(Español)terrain de sport(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

psortplatz
soprtplatz
sporptlatz
sporrtplatz
sportlpatz
sportpaltz
sportplattz
sportplatzz
sportplazt
sportpllatz
sportpltaz
sportpplatz
sporttplatz
spotrplatz
spportplatz
sprotplatz
ssportplatz

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Sportplatz - 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 "Sportplatz"

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 "Sportplatz"?

"Sportplatz" is spelled S-P-O-R-T-P-L-A-T-Z. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃpɔʁtˌplat͡s].

What does "Sportplatz" mean?

As a noun, "Sportplatz" means: gekennzeichnete Fläche im Freien, auf der Leichtathletik/Ballspiel (Sport) stattfinden kann

What words are commonly confused with "Sportplatz"?

"Sportplatz" is commonly confused with "Startplatz". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "Sportplatz"?

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

What language does "Sportplatz" come from?

"Sportplatz" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Sportplatz", 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 (17 here; floor ≥5).

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