sechstel

/[ˈzɛkstl̩]/ adj

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#58,284

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

sechstel is anGermanadj. It means: aus einem von sechs gleich großen Teilen bestehend Pronounced [ˈzɛkstl̩].

Key facts for sechstel
PropertyValue
Headwordsechstel
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈzɛkstl̩]
Letters8
Frequency rank#58,284
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of sechstel in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for sechstel is 8 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈzɛkstl̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #58,284 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "aus einem von sechs gleich großen Teilen bestehend".

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for sechstel in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is sechstel, spelled S-E-C-H-S-T-E-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    aus einem von sechs gleich großen Teilen bestehend

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #58,284 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sechstel"?
"sechstel" is spelled S-E-C-H-S-T-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈzɛkstl̩].
What does "sechstel" mean?
As an adj, "sechstel" means: aus einem von sechs gleich großen Teilen bestehend
How do you pronounce "sechstel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sechstel" is [ˈzɛkstl̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sechstel" come from?
"sechstel" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.