Spruch

/[ʃpʁʊx]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,652

in German word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

16

similar word pairs

Spruch is aGermannoun. It means: kurzes vorgefertigtes Ensemble von Wörtern, ähnlich dem Vers Pronounced [ʃpʁʊx]. It ranks #4,652 in German word frequency. Often confused with such and Strich.

Key facts for Spruch
PropertyValue
HeadwordSpruch
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʃpʁʊx]
Letters6
Frequency rank#4,652
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Spruch in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Spruch is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʃpʁʊx]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,652 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for Spruch, with forms such as "psruch", "sppruch", and "sprcuh". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "such", "Strich", "Sprung", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Spruch, spelled S-P-R-U-C-H, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    kurzes vorgefertigtes Ensemble von Wörtern, ähnlich dem Vers
  2. 2
    auf eine kurze Formel gebrachter Teil eines Urteils, der die eigentliche Entscheidung und weitere Rechtsfolgen der Hauptsache benennt
  3. 3
    eine Stellungnahme
  4. 4
    formelhafte, weissagende oder zauberkraftgeladene Äußerung; Orakel- oder Zauberspruch

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: psruch,sppruch,sprcuh,sprruch,sprucch,spruchh,spruhc,spurch,srpuch,sspruch

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Spruch

Misspelling Variants of "Spruch"

psruch6sppruch7sprcuh6sprruch7sprucch7spruchh7spruhc6spurch6
Misspelling Variants of "Spruch"

Frequency rank: #4,652 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Spruch"?
"Spruch" is spelled S-P-R-U-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃpʁʊx].
What does "Spruch" mean?
As a noun, "Spruch" means: kurzes vorgefertigtes Ensemble von Wörtern, ähnlich dem Vers
What words are commonly confused with "Spruch"?
"Spruch" is commonly confused with "such", "Strich", "Sprung". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Spruch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Spruch" is [ʃpʁʊx]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Spruch" come from?
"Spruch" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.