supply

/[səˈplaɪ]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#27,961

in German word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

supply is aGermanverb. It means: versorgen, zur Verfügung stellen Pronounced [səˈplaɪ]. Often confused with Suppe and Suppen.

Key facts for supply
PropertyValue
Headwordsupply
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[səˈplaɪ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#27,961
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of supply in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for supply is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [səˈplaɪ]. Corpus data places it at rank #27,961 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "versorgen, zur Verfügung stellen".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for supply, with forms such as "spuply", "ssupply", and "suplpy". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Suppe", "Suppen", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is supply, spelled S-U-P-P-L-Y, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    versorgen, zur Verfügung stellen

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: spuply,ssupply,suplpy,suply,supplly,supplyy,suppyl,uspply

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for supply

Misspelling Variants of "supply"

spuply6ssupply7suplpy6suply5supplly7supplyy7suppyl6uspply6
Misspelling Variants of "supply"

Frequency rank: #27,961 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "supply"?
"supply" is spelled S-U-P-P-L-Y. The IPA pronunciation is [səˈplaɪ].
What does "supply" mean?
As a verb, "supply" means: versorgen, zur Verfügung stellen
What words are commonly confused with "supply"?
"supply" is commonly confused with "Suppe", "Suppen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "supply"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "supply" is [səˈplaɪ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "supply" come from?
"supply" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.