sechstel
[ˈzɛkstl̩]
The verdict
“sechstel” is uncommon German (frequency #58,284 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,284
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aus einem von sechs gleich großen Teilen bestehend
Corpus desk
Index DE-sechstel · sechstel · German
sechstel · rank #58,284 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,284
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH scroll
Nearest frequency peer: scroll (-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 „sechstel“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Schülerzahl
Schülerzahl
41,720 corpus weight
- scores
scores
41,719 corpus weight
- scroll
scroll
41,718 corpus weight
- sechstel
sechstel
41,717 corpus weight
- Sediment
Sediment
41,716 corpus weight
- Seitenansic…
Seitenansicht
41,715 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „sechstel“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sechstel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈzɛkstl̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #58,284 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „sechstel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
sechstel is uncommon German at frequency #58,284 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈzɛkstl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "aus einem von sechs gleich großen Teilen bestehend".
No misspelling variants are generated for sechstel in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is sechstel, spelled S-E-C-H-S-T-E-L.
Definition
- 1aus einem von sechs gleich großen Teilen bestehend
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how sechstel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Mit einem Zentimeter Körperlänge und dem Gewicht von einem sechstel Gramm erinnern sie eher an Würmer.“
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); 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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