spüren
[ˈʃpyːʁən]
The verdict
“spüren” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #3,400. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,400
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas körperlich, mit dem Tastsinn wahrnehmen
Corpus desk
Index DE-spuren · spüren · German
spüren · rank #3,400 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,400
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH schwimmen
Nearest frequency peer: schwimmen (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “spüren”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- schreibe
schreibe
96,604 corpus weight
- Schwerpunkt
Schwerpunkt
96,603 corpus weight
- schwimmen
schwimmen
96,602 corpus weight
- spüren
spüren
96,601 corpus weight
- street
street
96,600 corpus weight
- Telekom
Telekom
96,599 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “spüren” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | spüren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʃpyːʁən] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #3,400 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “spüren” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around spüren (IPA [ˈʃpyːʁən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #3,400 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for spüren, with forms such as "psüren", "sppüren", and "sprüen". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Sure", "Süden", "spürt", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is spüren, spelled S-P-Ü-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas körperlich, mit dem Tastsinn wahrnehmen
- 2etwas nicht Gegenständliches erkennen
- 3das Suchen oder Sehen einer Spur
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how spüren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Im Sommer spürt man die Wärme der Sonne auf der Haut.
Er spürte, dass irgendetwas nicht stimmen konnte.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- psüren
- sppüren
- sprüen
- spüern
- spürenn
- spürne
- spürren
- sspüren
- süpren
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of spüren - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "spüren", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "spüren". Here's where to go from here.
- "spüren" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Sure". View pair
- 9 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #3,400 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "S" letter cohort. S–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.