sechzehnte
[ˈzɛçˌt͡seːntə]
The verdict
“sechzehnte” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a numeral - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - nach dem/der fünfzehnten kommend; dem/der siebzehnten vorausgehend
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sechzehnte |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Numeral |
| IPA | [ˈzɛçˌt͡seːntə] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sechzehnte” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for sechzehnte is 10 letters long, classified as a numeral, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈzɛçˌt͡seːntə]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "nach dem/der fünfzehnten kommend; dem/der siebzehnten vorausgehend".
sechzehnte doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is sechzehnte, spelled S-E-C-H-Z-E-H-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1nach dem/der fünfzehnten kommend; dem/der siebzehnten vorausgehend
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.
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Using “sechzehnte”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-E-C-H-Z-E-H-N-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈzɛçˌt͡seːntə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.