Wortspiel
[ˈvɔʁtˌʃpiːl]
The verdict
“Wortspiel” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #25,405. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #25,405
- frequency rank, German
- 38,697
- “W” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - witziges Spiel mit Worten, z. B. mit deren Mehrdeutigkeit
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Wortspiel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvɔʁtˌʃpiːl] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #25,405 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Wortspiel” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around Wortspiel (IPA [ˈvɔʁtˌʃpiːl]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,405 among 38,697 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "witziges Spiel mit Worten, z. B. mit deren Mehrdeutigkeit".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Wortspiel, with forms such as "owrtspiel", "worrtspiel", and "worstpiel". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Wortspiele", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Wortspiel, spelled W-O-R-T-S-P-I-E-L.
Definition
- 1witziges Spiel mit Worten, z. B. mit deren Mehrdeutigkeit
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: owrtspiel,worrtspiel,worstpiel,wortpsiel,wortsipel,wortspeil,wortspiell,wortspile,wortsppiel,wortsspiel,worttspiel,wotrspiel,wrotspiel,wwortspiel
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Wortspiel - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “Wortspiel”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is W-O-R-T-S-P-I-E-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈvɔʁtˌʃpiːl] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Wortspiele” - see the side-by-side comparison. Wortspiel vs Wortspiele
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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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.