Spöttelei
[ʃpœtəˈlaɪ̯]
The verdict
“Spöttelei” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - harmloses, wenig aggressives Spotten über jemanden oder etwas
Corpus desk
Index DE-spottelei · Spöttelei · German
Spöttelei · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Spöttelei |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʃpœtəˈlaɪ̯] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Spöttelei“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Spöttelei is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʃpœtəˈlaɪ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "harmloses, wenig aggressives Spotten über jemanden oder etwas".
No misspelling variants are generated for Spöttelei in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Spöttelei, spelled S-P-Ö-T-T-E-L-E-I.
Definition
- 1harmloses, wenig aggressives Spotten über jemanden oder etwas
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Spöttelei appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Meistens handelt es sich um Spötteleien zwischen Nachbarn;…“
„Aber ein wenig Stolz ist damals doch mitgeschwungen in Jakobs Spöttelei…“
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.