Spule

[ˈʃpuːlə]

/[ˈʃpuːlə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Spule” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #31,801. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,801
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rolle, die mit einem Faden umwickelt ist

Corpus desk

Index DE-spule · Spule · German

Spule · rank #31,801 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,801
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Staatsanwältin

Nearest frequency peer: Staatsanwältin (+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 „Spule“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „Spule“ 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).

Spule vs Sue
60% similar
Spule vs Spur
60% similar
Spule vs Sure
60% similar

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

Key facts for Spule
PropertyValue
HeadwordSpule
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃpuːlə]
Letters5
Frequency rank#31,801
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Spule“

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Staatsanwältin“ (#31,802), „Spielzeuge“ (#31,799), „speist“ (#31,798). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Spule“ bei #31,801. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around Spule (IPA [ˈʃpuːlə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,801 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Spule, with forms such as "psule", "splue", and "sppule". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Sue", "Spur", "Sure", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Spule, spelled S-P-U-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rolle, die mit einem Faden umwickelt ist
  2. 2
    aus einem Leiter (meist Kupferdraht) gewickeltes Bauteil, das vor allem wegen seiner Induktivität verwendet wird

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. An der Nähmaschine ist die Spule leer geworden.
  2. Der Gleichstrom veranlasst die Spule ein Magnetfeld aufzubauen. Die gleichmäßige Bewegung der Spule durch das Magnetfeld verursacht einen Wechselstrom.

Synonyms

RolleWalze

Antonyms

Kondensator

This word in other languages

reel(English)bobina(Español)bobine(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • psule
  • splue
  • sppule
  • spuel
  • spulle
  • sspule
  • suple

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

psule2splue2sppule1spuel2spulle1sspule1suple2
Edit distance from "Spule"

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 "Spule"?
"Spule" is spelled S-P-U-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃpuːlə].
What does "Spule" mean?
As a noun, "Spule" means: Rolle, die mit einem Faden umwickelt ist
What words are commonly confused with "Spule"?
"Spule" is commonly confused with "Sue", "Spur", "Sure". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Spule"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Spule" is [ˈʃpuːlə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Spule" come from?
"Spule" 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 "Spule", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Token#31,824scale#31,769UNHCR#31,840rosig#31,760

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

Utopia7 variantsVaduz7 variantsPutze7 variantsviolet7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list