7
[ˈziːbn̩]
The verdict
“7” sits in 1 confusable pair (corpus #275) as a numeral. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #275
- frequency rank, German
- 1
- letter
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine arabische Ziffer (ein Zahlzeichen), welche die Zahl Sieben darstellt
Corpus desk
Index DE-7 · 7 · German
7 · rank #275 · 0 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-CORE #275
- LEN-SHORT 1 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "7" thin
- PHOTO-FINISH kam
Nearest frequency peer: kam (-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.
Häufigkeitsnachbarn des Verwechslers „7“
Peers mit ähnlichem Corpus-Gewicht, getrennt von den Verwechslungspaaren unten
- Frauen
Frauen
99,729 corpus weight
- ihrem
ihrem
99,728 corpus weight
- kam
kam
99,727 corpus weight
- 7
7
99,726 corpus weight
- allen
allen
99,725 corpus weight
- darauf
darauf
99,724 corpus weight
What this shows Balken platzieren „7“ gegen die nächsten gerankten deutschen Lemmata, kein Reprint der Verwechslungsdesk.
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 | 7 |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Numeral |
| IPA | [ˈziːbn̩] |
| Letters | 1 |
| Frequency rank | #275 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „7“
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for 7 is neighbouring look-alikes ("sieben"), not just typos; it is anumeral pronounced [ˈziːbn̩]. Frequency #275. Gloss: "eine arabische Ziffer (ein Zahlzeichen), welche die Zahl Sieben darstellt".
No misspelling variants are generated for 7 in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "sieben", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is 7, spelled 7.
Definition
- 1eine arabische Ziffer (ein Zahlzeichen), welche die Zahl Sieben darstellt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how 7 appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ab Beginn der Klasse 7 wird der für alle verbindliche Unterricht durch den Wahlpflichtunterricht ergänzt.
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.