sprengt
[ʃpʁɛŋt]
The verdict
“sprengt” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #23,715. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,715
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs sprengen
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 | sprengt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ʃpʁɛŋt] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #23,715 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sprengt” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around sprengt (IPA [ʃpʁɛŋt]), averb. Corpus frequency is #23,715 among 107,600 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for sprengt, with forms such as "psrengt", "sperngt", and "spprengt". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "streng", "Sprung", "spring", 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 its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is sprengt, spelled S-P-R-E-N-G-T.
Definition
- 12. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs sprengen
- 23. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs sprengen
- 32. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs sprengen
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: psrengt,sperngt,spprengt,spregnt,sprenggt,sprengtt,sprenngt,sprentg,sprnegt,sprrengt,srpengt,ssprengt
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sprengt - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “sprengt”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-P-R-E-N-G-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ʃpʁɛŋt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “streng” - see the side-by-side comparison. sprengt vs streng
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Same frequency band
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.