säkular
[zɛkuˈlaːɐ̯]
The verdict
“säkular” is uncommon German (frequency #80,985 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,985
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - alle hundert Jahre wiederkehrend
Corpus desk
Index DE-sakular · säkular · German
säkular · rank #80,985 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,985
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH szenisch
Nearest frequency peer: szenisch (-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 „säkular“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Syndikus
Syndikus
19,018 corpus weight
- szenisch
szenisch
19,017 corpus weight
- säkular
säkular
19,016 corpus weight
- säkularer
säkularer
19,015 corpus weight
- Südwind
Südwind
19,013 corpus weight
- Tagesform
Tagesform
19,012 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „säkular“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | säkular |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [zɛkuˈlaːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #80,985 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „säkular“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
säkular is uncommon German at frequency #80,985 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [zɛkuˈlaːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for säkular, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is säkular, spelled S-Ä-K-U-L-A-R.
Definition
- 1alle hundert Jahre wiederkehrend
- 2hundert Jahre dauernd
- 3ein Jahrhundert betreffend
- 4weltlich, nicht der Kirche zugehörig
- 5außergewöhnlich
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how säkular appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ganz anders sah und sieht dies die (auch nach der Wahl) größte Oppositionspartei CHP, die sich strikt säkular gibt und in der religiös gefärbten AKP eine Bedrohung für die ganze Türkei sieht.“
„Also erst mit der säkularen Aufwertung des Diesseitigen und Irdischen wurde auch Landschaftsbeschreibung als ein literarischer Gegenstand denkbar und akzeptabel.“
Antonyms
This word in other languages
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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).