cement

[sɪˈment]

/[sɪˈment]/ noun

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The verdict

“cement” is uncommon German (frequency #74,438 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#74,438
frequency rank, German
1,273
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der Zement; Bindemittel für Beton und Mörtel

Corpus desk

Index DE-cement · cement · German

cement · rank #74,438 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #74,438
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,273
  • PHOTO-FINISH Cellist

Nearest frequency peer: Cellist (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „cement“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „cement“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cement
PropertyValue
Headwordcement
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[sɪˈment]
Letters6
Frequency rank#74,438
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „cement“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).cementfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Cellist“ (#74,437), „chambre“ (#74,440), „charmantes“ (#74,441). Unter 1,273 „C“-Lemmata liegt „cement“ bei #74,438. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cement is uncommon German at frequency #74,438 among 1,273 “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

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how cement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. A cement is a binder, a substance that sets and hardens independently, and can bind other materials together.

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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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cement", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cheats#74,442cosmic#74,453droben#74,495Enzyms#74,527

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list