Sportschule

[ˈʃpɔʁtˌʃuːlə]

/[ˈʃpɔʁtˌʃuːlə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Sportschule” is uncommon German (frequency #57,424 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,424
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Schule, deren Schwerpunkt neben dem Unterricht auf Sport liegt

Corpus desk

Index DE-sportschule · Sportschule · German

Sportschule · rank #57,424 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,424
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Sprachförderu…

Nearest frequency peer: Sprachförderung (+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 „Sportschule“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Sportschule
PropertyValue
HeadwordSportschule
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃpɔʁtˌʃuːlə]
Letters11
Frequency rank#57,424
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Sportschule“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Sportschulefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Sprachförderung“ (#57,425), „Spielfeldrand“ (#57,422), „spärlichen“ (#57,426). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Sportschule“ bei #57,424. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Sportschule is uncommon German at frequency #57,424 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃpɔʁtˌʃuːlə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Schule, deren Schwerpunkt neben dem Unterricht auf Sport liegt".

Sportschule has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Sportschule, spelled S-P-O-R-T-S-C-H-U-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Schule, deren Schwerpunkt neben dem Unterricht auf Sport liegt

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „In Leipzig wird die Arbeiter-, Turn- und Sportschule eröffnet, in ihr finden Lehrgänge für die Übungsleiter der Arbeiter-Sportvereine statt.“

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 "Sportschule"?
"Sportschule" is spelled S-P-O-R-T-S-C-H-U-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃpɔʁtˌʃuːlə].
What does "Sportschule" mean?
As a noun, "Sportschule" means: Schule, deren Schwerpunkt neben dem Unterricht auf Sport liegt
How do you pronounce "Sportschule"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Sportschule" is [ˈʃpɔʁtˌʃuːlə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Sportschule" come from?
"Sportschule" 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 "Sportschule", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

skrupellose#57,409Stundentakt#57,445territorial#57,460schmierigen#57,385

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list