A spacer for insulating glass units, wherein the spacer is formed having an inner surface, an outer surface and two lateral surfaces extending at either side of the spacer from the inner surface to the outer surface, and wherein the spacer comprises a profiled body, wherein the profiled body comprises two mutually spaced lateral faces running parallel to its longitudinal direction and a base body that extends between the lateral faces and has an outer and an inner face, wherein the profiled body is made from a plastics material and comprises at least in one part of its volume a quantity of particulate desiccant that is embedded in the plastics material, characterized in that the spacer has a coilability about an axis perpendicular to the lateral surfaces, such that there is a deflection of the spacer of approximately 1 mm or more, preferably approximately 1.3 mm or more, more preferably approximately 1.7 mm or more by comparison with an unloaded condition, wherein the deflection is determined at the outer surface of the spacer as the outer surface thereof lies on two supporting bodies at a loading span L S of 100 mm, as measured in the longitudinal direction of the spacer, and with a force F of 50 N acting in the centre of the loading span L S, wherein this force is introduced into the spacer perpendicularly to a support plane defined by the supporting bodies, and in that the spacer has a flexural strength in a plane perpendicular to the lateral surfaces, at which a deflection of the spacer is approximately 10 mm or less, preferably approximately 5 mm or less, more preferably approximately 3 mm or less, by comparison with an unloaded condition, wherein the deflection is determined at a lateral surface as this surface lies on two supporting bodies at a loading span of 100 mm, as measured in the longitudinal direction of the spacer, and with a force of 100 N acting in the centre of the loading span, wherein this force is introduced into the spacer perpendicularly to the lateral surface. wherein the profiled body comprises two mutually spaced lateral faces running parallel to its longitudinal direction and a base body that extends between the lateral faces and has an outer and an inner face, wherein the profiled body is made from a plastics material and comprises at least in one part of its volume a quantity of particulate desiccant that is embedded in the plastics material, characterized in that the spacer has a coilability about an axis perpendicular to the lateral surfaces, such that there is a deflection of the spacer of approximately 1 mm or more, preferably approximately 1.3 mm or more, more preferably approximately 1.7 mm or more by comparison with an unloaded condition, wherein the deflection is determined at the outer surface of the spacer as the outer surface thereof lies on two supporting bodies at a loading span L S of 100 mm, as measured in the longitudinal direction of the spacer, and with a force F of 50 N acting in the centre of the loading span L S, wherein this force is introduced into the spacer perpendicularly to a support plane defined by the supporting bodies, and in that the spacer has a flexural strength in a plane perpendicular to the lateral surfaces, at which a deflection of the spacer is approximately 10 mm or less, preferably approximately 5 mm or less, more preferably approximately 3 mm or less, by comparison with an unloaded condition, wherein the deflection is determined at a lateral surface as this surface lies on two supporting bodies at a loading span of 100 mm, as measured in the longitudinal direction of the spacer, and with a force of 100 N acting in the centre of the loading span, wherein this force is introduced into the spacer perpendicularly to the lateral surface.