Spötter

[ˈʃpœtɐ]

/[ˈʃpœtɐ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Spötter” is uncommon German (frequency #97,733 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#97,733
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die (gern) spottet

Corpus desk

Index DE-spotter · Spötter · German

Spötter · rank #97,733 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #97,733
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Spätzünder

Nearest frequency peer: Spätzünder (-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 „Spötter“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Spötter
PropertyValue
HeadwordSpötter
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃpœtɐ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#97,733
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Spötter“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Spötterfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Spätzünder“ (#97,732), „Spätzeit“ (#97,731), „SSSR“ (#97,735). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Spötter“ bei #97,733. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Spötter is uncommon German at frequency #97,733 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃpœtɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for Spötter in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Spötter, spelled S-P-Ö-T-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Person, die (gern) spottet
  2. 2
    Vogelart, die artfremde Stimmen und Klänge nachahmt
  3. 3
    Vertreter der Vogelgattung Hippolais aus der Familie der Grasmückenartigen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Er konnte alle Spötter Lügen strafen.
  2. „Der Junggeselle ist ein Spötter, und er weiß genau, was er erzählt.“

This word in other languages

mocker(English)zarcero(Español)moqueur(Français)

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 "Spötter"?
"Spötter" is spelled S-P-Ö-T-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃpœtɐ].
What does "Spötter" mean?
As a noun, "Spötter" means: Person, die (gern) spottet
How do you pronounce "Spötter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Spötter" is [ˈʃpœtɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Spötter" come from?
"Spötter" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Spötter", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

spröden#97,730Steroid#97,753Skythen#97,709Stinger#97,758

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list