sprengte

[ˈʃpʁɛŋtə]

/[ˈʃpʁɛŋtə]/ verb

The verdict

“sprengte” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #44,239. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#44,239
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs sprengen

Corpus desk

Index DE-sprengte · sprengte · German

sprengte · rank #44,239 · 13 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #44,239
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH sprachlicher

Nearest frequency peer: sprachlicher (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „sprengte“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „sprengte“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

sprengte vs springt
75% similar
sprengte vs strenge
75% similar
sprengte vs Sprünge
63% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for sprengte
PropertyValue
Headwordsprengte
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈʃpʁɛŋtə]
Letters8
Frequency rank#44,239
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „sprengte“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).sprengteliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „sprachlicher“ (#44,238), „springende“ (#44,240), „Springreiter“ (#44,241). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „sprengte“ bei #44,239. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around sprengte (IPA [ˈʃpʁɛŋtə]), averb. Corpus frequency is #44,239 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for sprengte, with forms such as "psrengte", "sperngte", and "spprengte". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "springt", "strenge", "Sprünge", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is sprengte, spelled S-P-R-E-N-G-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs sprengen
  2. 2
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs sprengen
  3. 3
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs sprengen
  4. 4
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs sprengen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • psrengte
  • sperngte
  • spprengte
  • spregnte
  • sprenget
  • sprenggte
  • sprengtte
  • sprenngte
  • sprentge
  • sprnegte
  • sprrengte
  • srpengte
  • ssprengte

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sprengte - 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.

psrengte2sperngte2spprengte1spregnte2sprenget2sprenggte1sprengtte1sprenngte1
Edit distance from "sprengte"

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 "sprengte"?
"sprengte" is spelled S-P-R-E-N-G-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃpʁɛŋtə].
What does "sprengte" mean?
As a verb, "sprengte" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs sprengen
What words are commonly confused with "sprengte"?
"sprengte" is commonly confused with "springt", "strenge", "Sprünge". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sprengte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sprengte" is [ˈʃpʁɛŋtə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sprengte" come from?
"sprengte" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sprengte", 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).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list