Sprite
[ˈʃpʁɪtə]
The verdict
“Sprite” is uncommon German (frequency #56,547 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,547
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Sprit
Corpus desk
Index DE-sprite · Sprite · German
Sprite · rank #56,547 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,547
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Sprössling
Nearest frequency peer: Sprössling (+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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Sprite“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Spikes
Spikes
43,457 corpus weight
- Sporttasche
Sporttasche
43,456 corpus weight
- Sprite
Sprite
43,454 corpus weight
- Sprössling
Sprössling
43,453 corpus weight
- Späher
Späher
43,452 corpus weight
- Staatsappar…
Staatsapparat
43,451 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Sprite“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sprite |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃpʁɪtə] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #56,547 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Sprite“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Sprite is uncommon German at frequency #56,547 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃpʁɪtə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Sprite in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Sprite, spelled S-P-R-I-T-E.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Sprit
- 2Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Sprit
- 3Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Sprit
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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