Safety

/[ˈsɛɪ̯fti]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#21,049

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

Safety is aGermannoun. It means: Spieler in der Verteidigung, der sich frei hinter der Defensive Line im Defensive Back bewegt Pronounced [ˈsɛɪ̯fti]. Often confused with Saft and Säfte.

Key facts for Safety
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HeadwordSafety
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈsɛɪ̯fti]
Letters6
Frequency rank#21,049
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Safety in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Safety is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈsɛɪ̯fti]. Corpus data places it at rank #21,049 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for Safety, with forms such as "asfety", "saefty", and "safetty". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Saft", "Säfte", "safe", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Safety, spelled S-A-F-E-T-Y, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Spieler in der Verteidigung, der sich frei hinter der Defensive Line im Defensive Back bewegt
  2. 2
    Situation, bei der der ballführende Spieler der angreifenden Mannschaft in der eigenen Endzone zu Boden gebracht oder ein Foul der angreifenden Mannschaft in der eigenen Endzone begangen wird, was zu einem Punktgewinn für die Verteidiger führt

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: asfety,saefty,safetty,safetyy,safeyt,saffety,saftey,sfaety,ssafety

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Safety

Misspelling Variants of "Safety"

asfety6saefty6safetty7safetyy7safeyt6saffety7saftey6sfaety6
Misspelling Variants of "Safety"

Frequency rank: #21,049 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Safety"?
"Safety" is spelled S-A-F-E-T-Y. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈsɛɪ̯fti].
What does "Safety" mean?
As a noun, "Safety" means: Spieler in der Verteidigung, der sich frei hinter der Defensive Line im Defensive Back bewegt
What words are commonly confused with "Safety"?
"Safety" is commonly confused with "Saft", "Säfte", "safe". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Safety"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Safety" is [ˈsɛɪ̯fti]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Safety" come from?
"Safety" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter S in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.