Sportler
\ˈʃpɔrt.lɛr\
The verdict
“Sportler” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sportif.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sportler · Sportler · French
Sportler · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | Sportler |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈʃpɔrt.lɛr\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Sportler » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Sportler is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈʃpɔrt.lɛr\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sportif.".
Sportler doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Sportler, spelled S-P-O-R-T-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Sportif.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Sportler appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Eduard macht (dem Tschekisten) auf und taxiert ihn kurz: ein Blond, das schon ins Grau übergeht, das Aussehen eines ehemaligen Sportlers, der sich hat gehen lassen und ohne Schwierigkeiten erahnen lässt, dass er eine gleichaltrige Frau und zwei, drei hässliche Kinder ohne Zukunftsaussichten hat (...)
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.