spot

[spɒt]

/[spɒt]/ noun

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The verdict

“spot” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #9,457) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#9,457
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein kleiner runder Fleck, der sich in Farbe oder Beschaffenheit von der Umgebung absetzt

Corpus desk

Index DE-spot · spot · German

spot · rank #9,457 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,457
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH spezifischen

Nearest frequency peer: spezifischen (-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.

Häufigkeitsnachbarn des Verwechslers „spot“

Peers mit ähnlichem Corpus-Gewicht, getrennt von den Verwechslungspaaren unten

corpus weight

What this shows Balken platzieren „spot“ gegen die nächsten gerankten deutschen Lemmata, kein Reprint der Verwechslungsdesk.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

spot vs SPS
0% similar
spot vs Spur
25% similar
spot vs stop
50% similar

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

Key facts for spot
PropertyValue
Headwordspot
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[spɒt]
Letters4
Frequency rank#9,457
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „spot“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).spotliegt auf dieser Marke:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „spezifischen“ (#9,456), „Staatsbürgerschaft“ (#9,458), „Sperma“ (#9,455). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „spot“ bei #9,457. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for spot is neighbouring look-alikes ("SPS", "Spur", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [spɒt]. Frequency #9,457 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Gloss: "ein kleiner runder Fleck, der sich in Farbe oder Beschaffenheit von der Umgebung absetzt".

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for spot, with forms such as "sopt", "sppot", and "spto". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "SPS", "Spur", "stop", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is spot, spelled S-P-O-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    ein kleiner runder Fleck, der sich in Farbe oder Beschaffenheit von der Umgebung absetzt

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. In summer the white coat of the snow leopard is studded with brownish black spots.

This word in other languages

tache(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • sopt
  • sppot
  • spto
  • sspot

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of spot - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

sopt2sppot1spto2sspot1
Edit distance from "spot"

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 "spot"?
"spot" is spelled S-P-O-T. The IPA pronunciation is [spɒt].
What does "spot" mean?
As a noun, "spot" means: ein kleiner runder Fleck, der sich in Farbe oder Beschaffenheit von der Umgebung absetzt
What words are commonly confused with "spot"?
"spot" is commonly confused with "SPS", "Spur", "stop". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "spot"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "spot" is [spɒt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "spot" come from?
"spot" 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 "spot", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Spam#9,454Tüte#9,471Peer#9,432zero#9,487

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list