sechseinhalb
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The verdict
“sechseinhalb” is uncommon German (frequency #75,044 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a numeral. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,044
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sechs Ganze und ein Halbes
Corpus desk
Index DE-sechseinhalb · sechseinhalb · German
sechseinhalb · rank #75,044 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,044
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH scripts
Nearest frequency peer: scripts (-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 „sechseinhalb“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Schulschluss
Schulschluss
24,963 corpus weight
- Schwarzbuch
Schwarzbuch
24,962 corpus weight
- Schöneweide
Schöneweide
24,960 corpus weight
- scripts
scripts
24,958 corpus weight
- sechseinhalb
sechseinhalb
24,957 corpus weight
- Seifenblase
Seifenblase
24,955 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „sechseinhalb“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sechseinhalb |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Numeral |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #75,044 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „sechseinhalb“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
sechseinhalb is uncommon German at frequency #75,044 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anumeral, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sechs Ganze und ein Halbes".
No generated misspelling entries exist for sechseinhalb in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is sechseinhalb, spelled S-E-C-H-S-E-I-N-H-A-L-B.
Definition
- 1sechs Ganze und ein Halbes
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how sechseinhalb appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Wissenschaftler der Universität Marburg und des Dillenburger Instituts für Gesundheitsförderung hatten 8800 Jugendliche und junge Erwachsene im Alter zwischen 16 und 25 Jahren zu ihren Schlafgewohnheiten befragt und festgestellt: Im Durchschnitt schlafen die Studienteilnehmer während der Woche etwas mehr als sechseinhalb, jeder fünfte sogar weniger als s…
Synonyms
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).