cement

[sɪˈment]

/[sɪˈment]/ noun

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The verdict

“cement” is uncommon German (frequency #74,438 among 20,081 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#74,438
frequency rank, German
20,081
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - der Zement; Bindemittel für Beton und Mörtel

Key facts for cement
PropertyValue
Headwordcement
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[sɪˈment]
Letters6
Frequency rank#74,438
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “cement” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). cement lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cement is uncommon German at frequency #74,438 among 20,081 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [sɪˈment]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

cement doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 cement, spelled C-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    der Zement; Bindemittel für Beton und Mörtel
  2. 2
    der Klebstoff, der Leim; nichtmetallischer Werkstoff, der Teile miteinander verbindet
  3. 3
    das Band

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cement"?
"cement" is spelled C-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is [sɪˈment].
What does "cement" mean?
As a noun, "cement" means: der Zement; Bindemittel für Beton und Mörtel
How do you pronounce "cement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cement" is [sɪˈment]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cement" come from?
"cement" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “cement”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is C-E-M-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [sɪˈment] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Other uncommon German words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list