spürt

[ʃpyːɐ̯t]

/[ʃpyːɐ̯t]/ verb

The verdict

“spürt” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #8,949 in German word frequency and used as a verb.

#8,949
frequency rank, German
5
letters
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs spüren

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

spürt vs sur
40% similar
spürt vs Sure
20% similar
spürt vs stur
40% similar

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

Key facts for spürt
PropertyValue
Headwordspürt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ʃpyːɐ̯t]
Letters5
Frequency rank#8,949
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “spürt” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). spürt lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for spürt is 5 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʃpyːɐ̯t]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,949 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for spürt, with forms such as "psürt", "sppürt", and "sprüt". 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, "sur", "Sure", "stur", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 spürt, spelled S-P-Ü-R-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs spüren
  2. 2
    2. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs spüren
  3. 3
    2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs spüren

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: psürt,sppürt,sprüt,spürrt,spürtt,spütr,sspürt,süprt

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of spürt - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

psürt2sppürt1sprüt2spürrt1spürtt1spütr2sspürt1süprt2
Edit distance from "spürt"

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 "spürt"?
"spürt" is spelled S-P-Ü-R-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃpyːɐ̯t].
What does "spürt" mean?
As a verb, "spürt" means: 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs spüren
What words are commonly confused with "spürt"?
"spürt" is commonly confused with "sur", "Sure", "stur". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "spürt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "spürt" is [ʃpyːɐ̯t]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "spürt" come from?
"spürt" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Using “spürt”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is S-P-Ü-R-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ʃpyːɐ̯t] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Don't mix it up with “sur” - see the side-by-side comparison. spürt vs sur
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list