Südspitze
[ˈzyːtˌʃpɪt͡sə]
The verdict
“Südspitze” is uncommon German (frequency #68,740 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,740
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - das äußerste südliche Ende einer Insel oder sonstigen Landmasse
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Südspitze |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈzyːtˌʃpɪt͡sə] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #68,740 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Südspitze” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Südspitze is uncommon German at frequency #68,740 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈzyːtˌʃpɪt͡sə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "das äußerste südliche Ende einer Insel oder sonstigen Landmasse".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Südspitze, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Südspitze, spelled S-Ü-D-S-P-I-T-Z-E.
Definition
- 1das äußerste südliche Ende einer Insel oder sonstigen Landmasse
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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Using “Südspitze”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-Ü-D-S-P-I-T-Z-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈzyːtˌʃpɪt͡sə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.