sprint

/spɹɪnt/

//spɹɪnt// noun

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"sprint" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“sprint” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #7,613. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,613
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A short race at top speed.

Corpus desk

Index EN-sprint · sprint · English

sprint · rank #7,613 · 10 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,613
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH spike

Nearest frequency peer: spike (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “sprint”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “sprint” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

sprint vs stint
67% similar
sprint vs string
67% similar
sprint vs strict
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for sprint
PropertyValue
Headwordsprint
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/spɹɪnt/
Letters6
Frequency rank#7,613
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “sprint”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).sprintlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “spike” (#7,612), “stir” (#7,614), “spa” (#7,611). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “sprint” is #7,613. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around sprint (IPA /spɹɪnt/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,613 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for sprint, with forms such as "psrint", "spirnt", and "spprint". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "stint", "string", "strict", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Etymologically, the entry records: Alteration of earlier sprent (“to leap; bound; dart”), from Northern Middle English sprenten, from Old Norse *sprenta (for later spretta), from Proto-Germanic *sprantijaną, causative of Proto-Germanic *sprintaną (“to jump up; bounce”), from Proto-Indo-Europ… The correct English form is sprint, spelled S-P-R-I-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    A short race at top speed.
  2. 2
    A burst of speed or activity.
  3. 3
    In Agile software development, a period of development of a fixed time that is preceded and followed by meetings.

Etymology

Alteration of earlier sprent (“to leap; bound; dart”), from Northern Middle English sprenten, from Old Norse *sprenta (for later spretta), from Proto-Germanic *sprantijaną, causative of Proto-Germanic *sprintaną (“to jump up; bounce”), from Proto-Indo-European *sprend-, *sprendʰ- (“to flinch; jump”), from Proto-Indo-European *sper- (“to twitch; fidget; flinch; jump; be quick”). Cognate with Middle High German sprenzen (“to sprinkle; splash”), Swedish spritta (“to startle”), Icelandic spretta (“to spring forth; emerge; arise; develop”).

This word in other languages

sprint(Español)sprint(Français)Sprint(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • psrint
  • spirnt
  • spprint
  • sprinnt
  • sprintt
  • spritn
  • sprnit
  • sprrint
  • srpint
  • ssprint

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sprint - 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.

psrint2spirnt2spprint1sprinnt1sprintt1spritn2sprnit2sprrint1
Edit distance from "sprint"

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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sprint"?
"sprint" is spelled S-P-R-I-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is /spɹɪnt/.
What does "sprint" mean?
As a noun, "sprint" means: A short race at top speed.
What words are commonly confused with "sprint"?
"sprint" is commonly confused with "stint", "string", "strict". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sprint"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sprint" is /spɹɪnt/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "sprint"?
Alteration of earlier sprent (“to leap; bound; dart”), from Northern Middle English sprenten, from Old Norse *sprenta (for later spretta), from Proto-Germanic *sprantijaną, causative of Proto-Germanic *sprintaną (“to jump up; bounce”), from Proto-... See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sprint", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

socially10 variantstricky10 variantspreview10 variantsbargain10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list