6
[zɛks]
The verdict
“6” sits in 1 confusable pair (corpus #224) as a numeral. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #224
- frequency rank, German
- 1
- letter
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Eine arabische Ziffer (ein Zahlzeichen), welche die Zahl Sechs darstellt
Corpus desk
Index DE-6 · 6 · German
6 · rank #224 · 0 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-CORE #224
- LEN-SHORT 1 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "6" thin
- PHOTO-FINISH bist
Nearest frequency peer: bist (+1 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “6”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- jeder
jeder
99,780 corpus weight
- natürlich
natürlich
99,779 corpus weight
- 6
6
99,777 corpus weight
- bist
bist
99,776 corpus weight
- gute
gute
99,775 corpus weight
- Recht
Recht
99,774 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “6” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | 6 |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Numeral |
| IPA | [zɛks] |
| Letters | 1 |
| Frequency rank | #224 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “6” sits in German frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for 6 is neighbouring look-alikes ("sechs"), not just typos; it is anumeral pronounced [zɛks]. Frequency #224. Gloss: "Eine arabische Ziffer (ein Zahlzeichen), welche die Zahl Sechs darstellt".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for 6, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "sechs", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is 6, spelled 6.
Definition
- 1Eine arabische Ziffer (ein Zahlzeichen), welche die Zahl Sechs darstellt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how 6 appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Filme 1 bis 6 basieren auf der originalen Enterprise-Serie.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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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.