Sprachlosigkeit
[ˈʃpʁaːxloːzɪçkaɪ̯t]
The verdict
“Sprachlosigkeit” is uncommon German (frequency #72,954 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,954
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - das durch starke Emotionen ausgelöste, vorübergehende Unvermögen, etwas in Worte zu fassen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sprachlosigkeit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃpʁaːxloːzɪçkaɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #72,954 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Sprachlosigkeit” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Sprachlosigkeit is uncommon German at frequency #72,954 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃpʁaːxloːzɪçkaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Sprachlosigkeit, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Sprachlosigkeit, spelled S-P-R-A-C-H-L-O-S-I-G-K-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1das durch starke Emotionen ausgelöste, vorübergehende Unvermögen, etwas in Worte zu fassen
- 2Mangel an Sprachkenntnis
This word in other languages
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 “Sprachlosigkeit”
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-I-G-K-E-I-T - 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.