spricht

[ʃpʁɪçt]

/[ʃpʁɪçt]/ verb

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The verdict

“spricht” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #676. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#676
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-spricht · spricht · German

spricht · rank #676 · 12 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #676
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Raum

Nearest frequency peer: Raum (-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 „spricht“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „spricht“ 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).

spricht vs Sprit
57% similar
spricht vs Spruch
57% similar
spricht vs Strich
57% similar

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

Key facts for spricht
PropertyValue
Headwordspricht
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ʃpʁɪçt]
Letters7
Frequency rank#676
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „spricht“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).sprichtliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Raum“ (#675), „System“ (#677), „Peter“ (#674). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „spricht“ bei #676. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around spricht (IPA [ʃpʁɪçt]), averb. Corpus frequency is #676 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs sprechen".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for spricht, with forms such as "psricht", "spircht", and "sppricht". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Sprit", "Spruch", "Strich", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is spricht, spelled S-P-R-I-C-H-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs sprechen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • psricht
  • spircht
  • sppricht
  • sprciht
  • spriccht
  • sprichht
  • sprichtt
  • spricth
  • sprihct
  • sprricht
  • srpicht
  • sspricht

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of spricht - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

psricht2spircht2sppricht1sprciht2spriccht1sprichht1sprichtt1spricth2
Edit distance from "spricht"

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 "spricht"?
"spricht" is spelled S-P-R-I-C-H-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃpʁɪçt].
What does "spricht" mean?
As a verb, "spricht" means: 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs sprechen
What words are commonly confused with "spricht"?
"spricht" is commonly confused with "Sprit", "Spruch", "Strich". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "spricht"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "spricht" is [ʃpʁɪçt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "spricht" come from?
"spricht" 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 "spricht", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

anderem#680bekommt#681einigen#668nämlich#689

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

November12 variantsverloren12 variantsübrigens12 variantsinnerhalb12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list