sprüht

[ʃpʁyːt]

/[ʃpʁyːt]/ verb

The verdict

“sprüht” is uncommon German (frequency #54,905 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,905
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-spruht · sprüht · German

sprüht · rank #54,905 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,905
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH sprudeln

Nearest frequency peer: sprudeln (-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 „sprüht“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sprüht
PropertyValue
Headwordsprüht
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ʃpʁyːt]
Letters6
Frequency rank#54,905
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „sprüht“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „sprudeln“ (#54,904), „Sprachunterricht“ (#54,903), „Staatspolizei“ (#54,908). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „sprüht“ bei #54,905. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sprüht is uncommon German at frequency #54,905 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ʃpʁyːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

sprüht has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is sprüht, spelled S-P-R-Ü-H-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs sprühen
  2. 2
    2. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs sprühen
  3. 3
    2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs 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 "sprüht"?
"sprüht" is spelled S-P-R-Ü-H-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃpʁyːt].
What does "sprüht" mean?
As a verb, "sprüht" means: 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs sprühen
How do you pronounce "sprüht"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sprüht" is [ʃpʁyːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sprüht" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list