sprühen

[ˈʃpʁyːən]

/[ˈʃpʁyːən]/ verb

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The verdict

“sprühen” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #30,296. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,296
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Flüssigkeit sehr fein auf eine Oberfläche auftragen; feine Partikel verteilen

Corpus desk

Index DE-spruhen · sprühen · German

sprühen · rank #30,296 · 11 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,296
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH spezifischer

Nearest frequency peer: spezifischer (-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 „sprühen“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „sprühen“ 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).

sprühen vs spüren
71% similar
sprühen vs spülen
71% similar
sprühen vs Sprüngen
63% similar

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

Key facts for sprühen
PropertyValue
Headwordsprühen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈʃpʁyːən]
Letters7
Frequency rank#30,296
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „sprühen“

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „spezifischer“ (#30,295), „Startplatz“ (#30,297), „Spezifikation“ (#30,294). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „sprühen“ bei #30,296. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around sprühen (IPA [ˈʃpʁyːən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #30,296 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for sprühen, with forms such as "psrühen", "spprühen", and "sprhüen". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "spüren", "spülen", "Sprüngen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is sprühen, spelled S-P-R-Ü-H-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Flüssigkeit sehr fein auf eine Oberfläche auftragen; feine Partikel verteilen
  2. 2
    auch im übertragenen Sinne: ein besonderes Gefühl ausstrahlen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Pascal sprühte Klarlack auf die Oberfläche.
  2. Das Feuer sprüht zahlreiche Funken.

This word in other languages

spray(English)pulvériser(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • psrühen
  • spprühen
  • sprhüen
  • sprrühen
  • sprüehn
  • sprühenn
  • sprühhen
  • sprühne
  • spürhen
  • srpühen
  • ssprühen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sprühen - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

psrühen2spprühen1sprhüen2sprrühen1sprüehn2sprühenn1sprühhen1sprühne2
Edit distance from "sprühen"

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 "sprühen"?
"sprühen" is spelled S-P-R-Ü-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃpʁyːən].
What does "sprühen" mean?
As a verb, "sprühen" means: eine Flüssigkeit sehr fein auf eine Oberfläche auftragen; feine Partikel verteilen
What words are commonly confused with "sprühen"?
"sprühen" is commonly confused with "spüren", "spülen", "Sprüngen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sprühen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sprühen" is [ˈʃpʁyːən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sprühen" come from?
"sprühen" 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 "sprühen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Spatzen#30,292solider#30,290Strudel#30,309Sattler#30,274

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

rührend11 variantstüchtig11 variantsuniverse11 variantsverhielt11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list