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

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „sechseinhalb“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sechseinhalb
PropertyValue
Headwordsechseinhalb
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNumeral
IPA[…]
Letters12
Frequency rank#75,044
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „sechseinhalb“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).sechseinhalbfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „scripts“ (#75,043), „Seifenblase“ (#75,046), „Schöneweide“ (#75,041). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „sechseinhalb“ bei #75,044. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    sechs Ganze und ein Halbes

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how sechseinhalb appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „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

sechsundeinhalb

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sechseinhalb"?
"sechseinhalb" is spelled S-E-C-H-S-E-I-N-H-A-L-B. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "sechseinhalb" mean?
As a numeral, "sechseinhalb" means: sechs Ganze und ein Halbes
How do you pronounce "sechseinhalb"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sechseinhalb" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sechseinhalb" come from?
"sechseinhalb" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sechseinhalb", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list