Sechsling
[ˈzɛkslɪŋ]
The verdict
“Sechsling” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eines von insgesamt sechs Kindern, die bei einer Mehrlingsgeburt zur Welt gekommen sind
Corpus desk
Index DE-sechsling · Sechsling · German
Sechsling · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | Sechsling |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈzɛkslɪŋ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Sechsling“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Sechsling is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈzɛkslɪŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eines von insgesamt sechs Kindern, die bei einer Mehrlingsgeburt zur Welt gekommen sind".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Sechsling, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Sechsling, spelled S-E-C-H-S-L-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1eines von insgesamt sechs Kindern, die bei einer Mehrlingsgeburt zur Welt gekommen sind
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Sechsling appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„In der Nachrichtenkolumne mit der Überschrift »Die vier Enden der Erde« wurde von einer ägyptischen Bauersfrau berichtet, die Sechslinge zur Welt gebracht hatte - alles Totgeburten.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.