Spray
[ʃpʁɛɪ̯]
The verdict
“Spray” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #24,518 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #24,518
- frequency rank, German
- 5
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Flüssigkeit, die mit einem Gerät in feinsten Teilchen versprüht, zerstäubt wird
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Spray |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʃpʁɛɪ̯] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #24,518 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Spray” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Spray is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʃpʁɛɪ̯]. Corpus data places it at rank #24,518 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Flüssigkeit, die mit einem Gerät in feinsten Teilchen versprüht, zerstäubt wird".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Spray, with forms such as "psray", "spary", and "sppray". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "sry", "stay", "Spree", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Spray, spelled S-P-R-A-Y.
Definition
- 1Flüssigkeit, die mit einem Gerät in feinsten Teilchen versprüht, zerstäubt wird
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: psray,spary,sppray,sprayy,sprray,sprya,srpay,sspray
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Spray - 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 “Spray”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-P-R-A-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ʃpʁɛɪ̯] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “sry” - see the side-by-side comparison. Spray vs sry
- 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.