sane
[seɪn]
The verdict
“sane” is uncommon German (frequency #61,892 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,892
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - geistig gesund, normal
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sane |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [seɪn] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #61,892 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sane” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
sane is uncommon German at frequency #61,892 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [seɪn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "geistig gesund, normal".
No generated misspelling entries exist for sane in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is sane, spelled S-A-N-E.
Definition
- 1geistig gesund, normal
Antonyms
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 “sane”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-A-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [seɪn] (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.