siegtvssiehTell them apart

Which to use

“siegt” and “sieh” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#13,940
“siegt” frequency rank
#4,556
“sieh” frequency rank
18496
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature siegt sieh
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs siegen 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs sehen

Where the eye mixes siegt and sieh

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
siegt
4 ch
sieh

Visual trap between siegt and sieh

A purely visual mix-up. siegt ([ziːkt]) and sieh ([ziː]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18496, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

siegt is recorded at frequency rank #13,940, classified as averb, pronounced [ziːkt]. sieh is at rank #4,556, tagged as averb, pronounced [ziː].

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 18496, this pair ranks #1,917,642 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of siegt vs sieh

Shared letters: eis. Private to "siegt": gt. Private to "sieh": h.

"siegt" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC  ·  "sieh" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • siegtisegt · seigt · sieggt · siegtt · sietg · siget · ssiegt
  • siehiseh · seih · siehh · sihe · ssieh

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "siegt" for "sieh" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ziːkt] versus [ziː]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "siegt" or "sieh" show up more?
"sieh" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,556 in our German list, against #13,940 for "siegt". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "siegt" and "sieh" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "siegt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sieh" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,917,642 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "siegt" and "sieh" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "seg vs siegt". 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 #1,917,642 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