Spiel
\ˈʃpiːl\
The verdict
“Spiel” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Jeu : fait de jouer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-spiel · Spiel · French
Spiel · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 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 | Spiel |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈʃpiːl\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Spiel is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈʃpiːl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Spiel, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Spiel, spelled S-P-I-E-L.
Definition
- 1Jeu : fait de jouer.
- 2Jeu : activité ludique avec un ensemble de règles.
- 3Partie, match.
- 4Jeu : façon de jouer, d’interpréter une œuvre ou un rôle.
- 5Jeu : activité douteuse
- 6Jeu : espace libre entre pièces permettant un mouvement, une lubrification, etc.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Spiel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Arbeit, Krieg, Spiel und Kunst definieren Seinsweisen in der Welt, die sich auf keine andere zurückführen lassen. Sie decken Eigenschaften auf, die sich mit denen überschneiden, die die Sexualität enthüllt.
»Carcassonne« ist ein Klassiker! Das Spiel des Jahres 2001 steht in vielen Spieleregalen und ist ganz hervorragend gealtert.
Synonyms
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.