sprachlos
[ˈʃpʁaːxloːs]
The verdict
“sprachlos” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #17,417 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #17,417
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - jemandem fehlen die Worte, einen Sachverhalt oder ein Ereignis zu kommentieren oder sich dazu zu stellen, meist aus Überraschung
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sprachlos |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʃpʁaːxloːs] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #17,417 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sprachlos” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for sprachlos is 9 letters long, classified as an adjective, 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 generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for sprachlos, with forms such as "psrachlos", "sparchlos", and "spprachlos". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is sprachlos, spelled S-P-R-A-C-H-L-O-S.
Definition
- 1jemandem fehlen die Worte, einen Sachverhalt oder ein Ereignis zu kommentieren oder sich dazu zu stellen, meist aus Überraschung
- 2ohne gesprochene Worte; stumm
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: psrachlos,sparchlos,spprachlos,spracchlos,sprachhlos,sprachllos,sprachloss,sprachlso,sprachols,spraclhos,sprahclos,sprcahlos,sprrachlos,srpachlos,ssprachlos
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sprachlos - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “sprachlos”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-P-R-A-C-H-L-O-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʃpʁaːxloːs] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.