Sprichwörter

[ˈʃpʁɪçˌvœʁtɐ]

/[ˈʃpʁɪçˌvœʁtɐ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Sprichwörter” has 20 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #47,739. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#47,739
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords
20
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Sprichwort

Corpus desk

Index DE-sprichworter · Sprichwörter · German

Sprichwörter · rank #47,739 · 20 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #47,739
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 20 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Spritztour

Nearest frequency peer: Spritztour (+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 „Sprichwörter“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „Sprichwörter“ 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).

Sprichwörter vs Sprichwort
75% similar

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

Key facts for Sprichwörter
PropertyValue
HeadwordSprichwörter
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃpʁɪçˌvœʁtɐ]
Letters12
Frequency rank#47,739
Misspellings tracked20
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Sprichwörter“

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Spritztour“ (#47,740), „Späth“ (#47,741), „Sonthofen“ (#47,736). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Sprichwörter“ bei #47,739. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 20 spelling variants around Sprichwörter (IPA [ˈʃpʁɪçˌvœʁtɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #47,739 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for Sprichwörter, with forms such as "psrichwörter", "spirchwörter", and "spprichwörter". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Sprichwort", 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 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 Sprichwörter, spelled S-P-R-I-C-H-W-Ö-R-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Sprichwort
  2. 2
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Sprichwort
  3. 3
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Sprichwort

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • psrichwörter
  • spirchwörter
  • spprichwörter
  • sprcihwörter
  • spricchwörter
  • sprichhwörter
  • sprichwröter
  • sprichwwörter
  • sprichwöretr
  • sprichwörrter
  • sprichwörterr
  • sprichwörtre
  • sprichwörtter
  • sprichwötrer
  • sprichöwrter
  • spricwhörter
  • sprihcwörter
  • sprrichwörter
  • srpichwörter
  • ssprichwörter

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

psrichwörter2spirchwörter2spprichwörter1sprcihwörter2spricchwörter1sprichhwörter1sprichwröter2sprichwwörter1
Edit distance from "Sprichwörter"

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 "Sprichwörter"?
"Sprichwörter" is spelled S-P-R-I-C-H-W-Ö-R-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃpʁɪçˌvœʁtɐ].
What does "Sprichwörter" mean?
As a noun, "Sprichwörter" means: Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Sprichwort
What words are commonly confused with "Sprichwörter"?
"Sprichwörter" is commonly confused with "Sprichwort". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Sprichwörter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Sprichwörter" is [ˈʃpʁɪçˌvœʁtɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Sprichwörter" come from?
"Sprichwörter" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Schwimmhalle#47,719Schrottplatz#47,717Süddeutscher#47,764Unebenheiten#47,791

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (20 here; floor ≥5).

Strafanzeigen20 variantssymmetrischen20 variantsTeilbereichen20 variantsverschlucken20 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list