Séance
[zeˈɑ̃ːs]
The verdict
“Séance” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - spiritistische Sitzung
Corpus desk
Index DE-seance · Séance · German
Séance · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Séance |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [zeˈɑ̃ːs] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Séance“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Séance is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [zeˈɑ̃ːs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "spiritistische Sitzung".
No misspelling variants are generated for Séance in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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. The correct German form is Séance, spelled S-É-A-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1spiritistische Sitzung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Séance appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Sie war auch Oberhaupt einer Vereinigung in Berlin, die sich »Verband weiser Frauen« nannte, und hielt heimliche Séancen mit anderen, vor allem lesbischen Frauen.“
„Als Max sich von Zirele verabschiedet hatte, kämpfte er mit sich, ob er zu der Séance gehen sollte oder nicht.“
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.