spannen
\ˈʃpa.nən\
The verdict
“spannen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tendre, lisser
Corpus desk
Index FR-spannen · spannen · French
spannen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | spannen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈʃpa.nən\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
spannen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈʃpa.nən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for spannen, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is spannen, spelled S-P-A-N-N-E-N.
Definition
- 1Tendre, lisser
- 2Serrer
- 3Serrer, comprimer.
- 4Atteler.
- 5Armer, dans le sens de préparer.
- 6Enjamber
- 7Observer avec beaucoup d'attention, mater.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how spannen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
das Fell einer Trommel spannen.
Ein kürzerer Gummi würde besser spannen.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.