spritz

[ʃpʁɪt͡s]

/[ʃpʁɪt͡s]/ verb

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The verdict

“spritz” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #46,291. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#46,291
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-spritz · spritz · German

spritz · rank #46,291 · 9 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #46,291
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH spioniert

Nearest frequency peer: spioniert (-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 „spritz“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „spritz“ 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).

spritz vs stritt
67% similar
spritz vs Spritze
71% similar
spritz vs spritzt
86% similar

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

Key facts for spritz
PropertyValue
Headwordspritz
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ʃpʁɪt͡s]
Letters6
Frequency rank#46,291
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „spritz“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.spritzliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „spioniert“ (#46,290), „Spätantike“ (#46,292), „Spielsucht“ (#46,289). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „spritz“ bei #46,291. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around spritz (IPA [ʃpʁɪt͡s]), averb. Corpus frequency is #46,291 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs spritzen".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for spritz, with forms such as "psritz", "spirtz", and "sppritz". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "stritt", "Spritze", "spritzt", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is spritz, spelled S-P-R-I-T-Z.

Definition

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

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • psritz
  • spirtz
  • sppritz
  • spritzz
  • sprizt
  • sprritz
  • sprtiz
  • srpitz
  • sspritz

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

psritz2spirtz2sppritz1spritzz1sprizt2sprritz1sprtiz2srpitz2
Edit distance from "spritz"

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

Same letter count

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

Stelen#46,297Stuhls#46,307Torgau#46,332tränke#46,338

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

rollten9 variantsPfunde9 variantsPaywall9 variantsOkinawa9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list