sprechen
[ˈʃpʁɛçn̩]
The verdict
“sprechen” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #653. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #653
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mündliche Äußerungen in Form von Lauten, Wörtern und/oder Sätzen von sich geben
Corpus desk
Index DE-sprechen · sprechen · German
sprechen · rank #653 · 13 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #653
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH spielt
Nearest frequency peer: spielt (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “sprechen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- sechs
sechs
99,351 corpus weight
- Spiele
Spiele
99,350 corpus weight
- spielt
spielt
99,349 corpus weight
- sprechen
sprechen
99,348 corpus weight
- video
video
99,347 corpus weight
- X
X
99,346 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “sprechen” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | sprechen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʃpʁɛçn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #653 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “sprechen” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around sprechen (IPA [ˈʃpʁɛçn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #653 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for sprechen, with forms such as "psrechen", "sperchen", and "spprechen". 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 also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Sprüche", "stechen", "sprecht", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is sprechen, spelled S-P-R-E-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1mündliche Äußerungen in Form von Lauten, Wörtern und/oder Sätzen von sich geben
- 2etwas nonverbal andeuten; indirekt erkennbar machen, zum Ausdruck bringen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sprechen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sprich lauter, damit man dich auch versteht!
Mein Kind hat mit neun Monaten sein erstes Wort gesprochen.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- psrechen
- sperchen
- spprechen
- sprcehen
- sprecchen
- sprecehn
- sprechenn
- sprechhen
- sprechne
- sprehcen
- sprrechen
- srpechen
- ssprechen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sprechen - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sprechen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "sprechen". Here's where to go from here.
- "sprechen" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Sprüche". View pair
- 13 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #653 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "S" letter cohort. S–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.