Sprachschule

[ˈʃpʁaːxˌʃuːlə]

/[ˈʃpʁaːxˌʃuːlə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Sprachschule” is uncommon German (frequency #70,827 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,827
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Institution/Schule, deren Gegenstand der Sprachunterricht ist

Corpus desk

Index DE-sprachschule · Sprachschule · German

Sprachschule · rank #70,827 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,827
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Sportplätze

Nearest frequency peer: Sportplätze (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Sprachschule“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Sprachschule“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Sprachschule
PropertyValue
HeadwordSprachschule
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃpʁaːxˌʃuːlə]
Letters12
Frequency rank#70,827
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Sprachschule“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Sprachschulefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Sportplätze“ (#70,826), „Staatenbund“ (#70,828), „Staatsfinanzen“ (#70,829). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Sprachschule“ bei #70,827. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Sprachschule is uncommon German at frequency #70,827 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃpʁaːxˌʃuːlə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Institution/Schule, deren Gegenstand der Sprachunterricht ist".

Sprachschule doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Sprachschule, spelled S-P-R-A-C-H-S-C-H-U-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Institution/Schule, deren Gegenstand der Sprachunterricht ist

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Sprachschule appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Diese waren für ihn noch ganz im Sinne Luthers und Melanchthons die alleinigen Bildungsstätten für den Nachwuchs im geistlichen und weltlichen Regiment, und zwar als Sprachschulen durch den Unterricht in den klassischen Sprachen.“
  2. „Der Milchbauer ging in die Sprachschule und buchte für sich einen Sprachkurs.“

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Sprachschule"?
"Sprachschule" is spelled S-P-R-A-C-H-S-C-H-U-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃpʁaːxˌʃuːlə].
What does "Sprachschule" mean?
As a noun, "Sprachschule" means: Institution/Schule, deren Gegenstand der Sprachunterricht ist
How do you pronounce "Sprachschule"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Sprachschule" is [ˈʃpʁaːxˌʃuːlə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Sprachschule" come from?
"Sprachschule" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Sprachschule", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list