Sprayer

[ˈʃpʁeːɐ]

/[ˈʃpʁeːɐ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Sprayer” is uncommon German (frequency #55,731 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,731
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemand, der mit Sprühfarben Graffiti erstellt

Corpus desk

Index DE-sprayer · Sprayer · German

Sprayer · rank #55,731 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,731
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Spieltisch

Nearest frequency peer: Spieltisch (-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 „Sprayer“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Sprayer
PropertyValue
HeadwordSprayer
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃpʁeːɐ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#55,731
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Sprayer“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Spieltisch“ (#55,730), „spark“ (#55,729), „Staatsanwalts“ (#55,733). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Sprayer“ bei #55,731. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Sprayer is uncommon German at frequency #55,731 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃpʁeːɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemand, der mit Sprühfarben Graffiti erstellt".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Sprayer in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Sprayer, spelled S-P-R-A-Y-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    jemand, der mit Sprühfarben Graffiti erstellt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Die Polizei hat in der Nacht einige jugendliche Sprayer auf frischer Tat ertappt.
  2. „Warum hat der philosophische Sprayer seinen Satz nicht vollendet?“

Synonyms

GraffitikünstlerSprüher

This word in other languages

bombeur(Français)

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 "Sprayer"?
"Sprayer" is spelled S-P-R-A-Y-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃpʁeːɐ].
What does "Sprayer" mean?
As a noun, "Sprayer" means: jemand, der mit Sprühfarben Graffiti erstellt
How do you pronounce "Sprayer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Sprayer" is [ˈʃpʁeːɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Sprayer" come from?
"Sprayer" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

started#55,738stretch#55,748sträubt#55,749suchend#55,750

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list