Security

/[sɪˈkjuːrɪti]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,105

in German word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Security is aGermannoun. It means: Dienstleistung für die Sicherheit von Objekten, Personen, auf Veranstaltungen oder Ähnlichem beziehungsweise dessen Personal Pronounced [sɪˈkjuːrɪti]. It ranks #6,105 in German word frequency.

Key facts for Security
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HeadwordSecurity
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[sɪˈkjuːrɪti]
Letters8
Frequency rank#6,105
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Security is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [sɪˈkjuːrɪti]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,105 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for Security, with forms such as "escurity", "sceurity", and "seccurity". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.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 Security, spelled S-E-C-U-R-I-T-Y, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dienstleistung für die Sicherheit von Objekten, Personen, auf Veranstaltungen oder Ähnlichem beziehungsweise dessen Personal
  2. 2
    Person, die für einen Sicherheitsdienst tätig ist, dem Sicherheitspersonal angehört
  3. 3
    Zustand der Sicherheit

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: escurity,sceurity,seccurity,secruity,secuirty,securitty,securityy,securiyt,securrity,securtiy,seucrity,ssecurity

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Security

Misspelling Variants of "Security"

escurity8sceurity8seccurity9secruity8secuirty8securitty9securityy9securiyt8
Misspelling Variants of "Security"

Frequency rank: #6,105 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Security"?
"Security" is spelled S-E-C-U-R-I-T-Y. The IPA pronunciation is [sɪˈkjuːrɪti].
What does "Security" mean?
As a noun, "Security" means: Dienstleistung für die Sicherheit von Objekten, Personen, auf Veranstaltungen oder Ähnlichem beziehungsweise dessen Personal
What are common misspellings of "Security"?
Common misspellings include "escurity", "sceurity", "seccurity", "secruity", "secuirty". The correct spelling is "Security".
How do you pronounce "Security"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Security" is [sɪˈkjuːrɪti]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Security" come from?
"Security" 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.