Sprössling

[ˈʃpʁœslɪŋ]

/[ˈʃpʁœslɪŋ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Sprössling” is uncommon German (frequency #56,548 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,548
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kleine Pflanze, die erst seit kurzem aus der Erde gesprossen ist

Corpus desk

Index DE-sprossling · Sprössling · German

Sprössling · rank #56,548 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,548
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Sprite

Nearest frequency peer: Sprite (-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 „Sprössling“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Sprössling“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Sprössling
PropertyValue
HeadwordSprössling
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃpʁœslɪŋ]
Letters10
Frequency rank#56,548
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Sprössling“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Sprösslingfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Sprite“ (#56,547), „Späher“ (#56,549), „Staatsapparat“ (#56,550). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Sprössling“ bei #56,548. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Sprössling is uncommon German at frequency #56,548 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃpʁœslɪŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for Sprössling in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Sprössling, spelled S-P-R-Ö-S-S-L-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    kleine Pflanze, die erst seit kurzem aus der Erde gesprossen ist
  2. 2
    jemand, der aus einer bestimmten Familie stammt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Sprössling appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Den Sprösslingen der Familie wies er entferntere Sitze zu, um ihre Macht zu teilen.“
  2. „Die Boisserée waren Sprösslinge einer Familie, die ursprünglich in der Gegend von Lüttich ansässig gewesen war.“

Synonyms

SchösslingTriebKindNachkomme

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 "Sprössling"?
"Sprössling" is spelled S-P-R-Ö-S-S-L-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃpʁœslɪŋ].
What does "Sprössling" mean?
As a noun, "Sprössling" means: kleine Pflanze, die erst seit kurzem aus der Erde gesprossen ist
How do you pronounce "Sprössling"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Sprössling" is [ˈʃpʁœslɪŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list