sprach

/[ʃpʁaːx]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,460

in German word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

sprach is aGermanverb. It means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs sprechen Pronounced [ʃpʁaːx]. It ranks #1,460 in German word frequency. Often confused with stach and Spray.

Key facts for sprach
PropertyValue
Headwordsprach
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ʃpʁaːx]
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,460
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of sprach in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for sprach is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʃpʁaːx]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,460 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for sprach, with forms such as "psrach", "sparch", and "spprach". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "stach", "Spray", "sprich", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is sprach, spelled S-P-R-A-C-H, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs sprechen
  2. 2
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs sprechen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: psrach,sparch,spprach,spracch,sprachh,sprahc,sprcah,sprrach,srpach,ssprach

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for sprach

Misspelling Variants of "sprach"

psrach6sparch6spprach7spracch7sprachh7sprahc6sprcah6sprrach7
Misspelling Variants of "sprach"

Frequency rank: #1,460 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sprach"?
"sprach" is spelled S-P-R-A-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃpʁaːx].
What does "sprach" mean?
As a verb, "sprach" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs sprechen
What words are commonly confused with "sprach"?
"sprach" is commonly confused with "stach", "Spray", "sprich". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sprach"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sprach" is [ʃpʁaːx]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sprach" come from?
"sprach" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.