Chefsessel
[ˈʃɛfˌzɛsl̩]
The verdict
“Chefsessel” is uncommon German (frequency #83,802 among 20,081 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,802
- frequency rank, German
- 20,081
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - dem Unternehmensleiter gehörender Sessel
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Chefsessel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃɛfˌzɛsl̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #83,802 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Chefsessel” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Chefsessel is uncommon German at frequency #83,802 among 20,081 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃɛfˌzɛsl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Chefsessel, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Chefsessel, spelled C-H-E-F-S-E-S-S-E-L.
Definition
- 1dem Unternehmensleiter gehörender Sessel
- 2leitende Position innerhalb eines Unternehmens
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.
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Using “Chefsessel”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is C-H-E-F-S-E-S-S-E-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʃɛfˌzɛsl̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.