Sprengstoff

noun

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The verdict

“Sprengstoff” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Explosif.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sprengstoff · Sprengstoff · French

Sprengstoff · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 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.

Key facts for Sprengstoff
PropertyValue
HeadwordSprengstoff
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Sprengstoff” sits in French frequency

Sprengstoff falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Sprengstoff is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Explosif.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Sprengstoff, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Sprengstoff, spelled S-P-R-E-N-G-S-T-O-F-F.

Definition

  1. 1
    Explosif.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Sprengstoff appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Der Abbau des Wolframs braucht viel Sprengstoff.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Sprengstoff"?
"Sprengstoff" is spelled S-P-R-E-N-G-S-T-O-F-F.
What does "Sprengstoff" mean?
As a noun, "Sprengstoff" means: Explosif.
What language does "Sprengstoff" come from?
"Sprengstoff" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list