svoboda

[ˈsvɔbɔda]

/[ˈsvɔbɔda]/ noun

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The verdict

“svoboda” is uncommon German (frequency #97,784 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#97,784
frequency rank, German
107,600
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Zustand, bei dem jemand von allen Zwängen und Pflichten frei ist: Freiheit

Key facts for svoboda
PropertyValue
Headwordsvoboda
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈsvɔbɔda]
Letters7
Frequency rank#97,784
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “svoboda” 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). svoboda lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

svoboda is uncommon German at frequency #97,784 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈsvɔbɔda]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for svoboda in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is svoboda, spelled S-V-O-B-O-D-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Zustand, bei dem jemand von allen Zwängen und Pflichten frei ist: Freiheit
  2. 2
    Selbstständigkeit, Unabhängigkeit: Freiheit
  3. 3
    in Freiheit, in der freien Natur; nicht eingesperrt: Freiheit
  4. 4
    Zustand eines Menschen, der seine Hochzeit noch nicht geschlossen hat oder sie aufgelöst hat

Synonyms

volnostsamostatnostnezávislost

Antonyms

nesvoboda

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 "svoboda"?
"svoboda" is spelled S-V-O-B-O-D-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈsvɔbɔda].
What does "svoboda" mean?
As a noun, "svoboda" means: Zustand, bei dem jemand von allen Zwängen und Pflichten frei ist: Freiheit
How do you pronounce "svoboda"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "svoboda" is [ˈsvɔbɔda]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "svoboda" come from?
"svoboda" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “svoboda”

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

  • The one correct German spelling is S-V-O-B-O-D-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈsvɔbɔda] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Other uncommon German words near this rank

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