sprachlos

/[ˈʃpʁaːxloːs]/ adj

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#17,417

in German word usage

Misspellings

15

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

sprachlos is anGermanadj. It means: jemandem fehlen die Worte, einen Sachverhalt oder ein Ereignis zu kommentieren oder sich dazu zu stellen, meist aus Überraschung Pronounced [ˈʃpʁaːxloːs].

Key facts for sprachlos
PropertyValue
Headwordsprachlos
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈʃpʁaːxloːs]
Letters9
Frequency rank#17,417
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for sprachlos is 9 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃpʁaːxloːs]. Corpus data places it at rank #17,417 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 15 documented wrong-spelling variants for sprachlos, with forms such as "psrachlos", "sparchlos", and "spprachlos". 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 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.

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 sprachlos, spelled S-P-R-A-C-H-L-O-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    jemandem fehlen die Worte, einen Sachverhalt oder ein Ereignis zu kommentieren oder sich dazu zu stellen, meist aus Überraschung
  2. 2
    ohne gesprochene Worte; stumm

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: psrachlos,sparchlos,spprachlos,spracchlos,sprachhlos,sprachllos,sprachloss,sprachlso,sprachols,spraclhos,sprahclos,sprcahlos,sprrachlos,srpachlos,ssprachlos

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for sprachlos

Misspelling Variants of "sprachlos"

psrachlos9sparchlos9spprachlos10spracchlos10sprachhlos10sprachllos10sprachloss10sprachlso9
Misspelling Variants of "sprachlos"

Frequency rank: #17,417 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sprachlos"?
"sprachlos" is spelled S-P-R-A-C-H-L-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃpʁaːxloːs].
What does "sprachlos" mean?
As an adj, "sprachlos" means: jemandem fehlen die Worte, einen Sachverhalt oder ein Ereignis zu kommentieren oder sich dazu zu stellen, meist aus Überraschung
What are common misspellings of "sprachlos"?
Common misspellings include "psrachlos", "sparchlos", "spprachlos", "spracchlos", "sprachhlos". The correct spelling is "sprachlos".
How do you pronounce "sprachlos"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sprachlos" is [ˈʃpʁaːxloːs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sprachlos" come from?
"sprachlos" 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.