spring

[ʃpʁɪŋ]

/[ʃpʁɪŋ]/ verb

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The verdict

“spring” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #10,369. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,369
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs springen

Corpus desk

Index DE-spring · spring · German

spring · rank #10,369 · 10 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,369
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH spinnen

Nearest frequency peer: spinnen (-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 „spring“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „spring“ 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).

spring vs Swing
50% similar
spring vs Sprit
50% similar
spring vs sting
67% similar

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

Key facts for spring
PropertyValue
Headwordspring
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ʃpʁɪŋ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#10,369
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „spring“

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „spinnen“ (#10,368), „Stadtverwaltung“ (#10,370), „Spielraum“ (#10,367). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „spring“ bei #10,369. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around spring (IPA [ʃpʁɪŋ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #10,369 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs springen".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for spring, with forms such as "psring", "spirng", and "sppring". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Swing", "Sprit", "sting", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is spring, spelled S-P-R-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs springen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • psring
  • spirng
  • sppring
  • sprign
  • springg
  • sprinng
  • sprnig
  • sprring
  • srping
  • sspring

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

psring2spirng2sppring1sprign2springg1sprinng1sprnig2sprring1
Edit distance from "spring"

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 "spring"?
"spring" is spelled S-P-R-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃpʁɪŋ].
What does "spring" mean?
As a verb, "spring" means: 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs springen
What words are commonly confused with "spring"?
"spring" is commonly confused with "Swing", "Sprit", "sting". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "spring"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "spring" is [ʃpʁɪŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "spring" come from?
"spring" 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 "spring", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Sophia#10,366Tausch#10,377Sattel#10,355Redner#10,350

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

viermal10 variantspflegt10 variantsmeinten10 variantsansieht10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list