Sprachkompetenz
[ˈʃpʁaːxkɔmpəˌtɛnt͡s]
The verdict
“Sprachkompetenz” is uncommon German (frequency #94,917 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,917
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Fähigkeit/Fertigkeit eines Sprechers, sich in einer Sprache auszudrücken
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sprachkompetenz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃpʁaːxkɔmpəˌtɛnt͡s] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #94,917 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Sprachkompetenz” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Sprachkompetenz is uncommon German at frequency #94,917 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃpʁaːxkɔmpəˌtɛnt͡s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fähigkeit/Fertigkeit eines Sprechers, sich in einer Sprache auszudrücken".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Sprachkompetenz in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Sprachkompetenz, spelled S-P-R-A-C-H-K-O-M-P-E-T-E-N-Z.
Definition
- 1Fähigkeit/Fertigkeit eines Sprechers, sich in einer Sprache auszudrücken
Synonyms
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.
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Using “Sprachkompetenz”
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- The one correct German spelling is S-P-R-A-C-H-K-O-M-P-E-T-E-N-Z - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.