SektvssintWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: Sekt is a noun, sint is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Sekt” is a noun and “sint” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#12,170
“Sekt” frequency rank
#33,815
“sint” frequency rank
45985
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Sekt sint
Definition Qualitätsschaumwein aus Wein; kohlensäurehaltiges alkoholisches Getränk, dessen Kohlensäure aus der Gärung stammen muss (endogene Kohlensäure) und dem exogene Kohlensäure nicht zugesetzt werden darf 3. Person Plural Konjunktiv Präsens Aktiv des Verbs esse

Letter map: Sekt vs sint

Shared letters muted; letters that set Sekt and sint apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. Sekt and sint follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

4 ch
Sekt
4 ch
sint

Part-of-speech tell for Sekt / sint

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Sekt is anoun and sintaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45985, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Sekt is recorded at frequency rank #12,170, classified as anoun, pronounced [zɛkt]. sint is at rank #33,815, tagged as averb, pronounced […].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 45985, this pair ranks #1,334,451 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Sekt vs sint

Shared letters: st. Private to "Sekt": ek. Private to "sint": in.

"Sekt" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "sint" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Sekt ← eskt · sekkt · sektt · setk · sket · ssekt
  • sint ← isnt · sinnt · sintt · sitn · snit · ssint

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Sekt" for "sint" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Sekt" is a noun and "sint" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Sekt" or "sint" show up more?
"Sekt" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,170 in our German list, against #33,815 for "sint". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "Sekt" and "sint". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Sekt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sint" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,334,451 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Sekt" and "sint" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs sint". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #1,334,451 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list