spöttische

[ˈʃpœtɪʃə]

/[ˈʃpœtɪʃə]/ adj

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The verdict

“spöttische” is uncommon German (frequency #87,092 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,092
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs spöttisch

Corpus desk

Index DE-spottische · spöttische · German

spöttische · rank #87,092 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,092
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH sputen

Nearest frequency peer: sputen (-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 „spöttische“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for spöttische
PropertyValue
Headwordspöttische
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈʃpœtɪʃə]
Letters10
Frequency rank#87,092
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „spöttische“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).spöttischefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „sputen“ (#87,091), „Sprachforscher“ (#87,089), „Staatsorgane“ (#87,095). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „spöttische“ bei #87,092. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

spöttische is uncommon German at frequency #87,092 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʃpœtɪʃə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

spöttische doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is spöttische, spelled S-P-Ö-T-T-I-S-C-H-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs spöttisch
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs spöttisch
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs spöttisch
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs spöttisch
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs spöttisch
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs spöttisch
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs spöttisch
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs spöttisch
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs spöttisch

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 "spöttische"?
"spöttische" is spelled S-P-Ö-T-T-I-S-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃpœtɪʃə].
What does "spöttische" mean?
As an adjective, "spöttische" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs spöttisch
How do you pronounce "spöttische"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "spöttische" is [ˈʃpœtɪʃə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "spöttische" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list