Support

/[zʊˈpɔʁt]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,656

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

Support is aGermannoun. It means: Hilfe, Dienstleistung zum Beispiel eines Anbieters von Waren Pronounced [zʊˈpɔʁt]. It ranks #4,656 in German word frequency. Often confused with Sport.

Key facts for Support
PropertyValue
HeadwordSupport
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[zʊˈpɔʁt]
Letters7
Frequency rank#4,656
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Support is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [zʊˈpɔʁt]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,656 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for Support, with forms such as "spuport", "ssupport", and "supoprt". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Sport", 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 Support, spelled S-U-P-P-O-R-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hilfe, Dienstleistung zum Beispiel eines Anbieters von Waren
  2. 2
    Unterstützung einer Sportmannschaft zum Beispiel durch Gesänge und Choreographien
  3. 3
    „Stütze“ einer Drehbank oder Metallhobelmaschine, die das Werkzeug oder das Arbeitsstück in fester Stellung und sicherer Führung hält

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: spuport,ssupport,supoprt,suport,supporrt,supportt,suppotr,supprot,uspport

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Support

Misspelling Variants of "Support"

spuport7ssupport8supoprt7suport6supporrt8supportt8suppotr7supprot7
Misspelling Variants of "Support"

Frequency rank: #4,656 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Support"?
"Support" is spelled S-U-P-P-O-R-T. The IPA pronunciation is [zʊˈpɔʁt].
What does "Support" mean?
As a noun, "Support" means: Hilfe, Dienstleistung zum Beispiel eines Anbieters von Waren
What words are commonly confused with "Support"?
"Support" is commonly confused with "Sport". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Support"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Support" is [zʊˈpɔʁt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Support" come from?
"Support" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter S in our German index:

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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.