sedan

[sɪˈdæn]

/[sɪˈdæn]/ noun

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The verdict

“sedan” is uncommon German (frequency #51,670 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,670
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - bestimmte Karosserieform bei Autos (immer viertürig); Limousine

Corpus desk

Index DE-sedan · sedan · German

sedan · rank #51,670 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,670
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Seebrücke

Nearest frequency peer: Seebrücke (+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 „sedan“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „sedan“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sedan
PropertyValue
Headwordsedan
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[sɪˈdæn]
Letters5
Frequency rank#51,670
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „sedan“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).sedanfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Seebrücke“ (#51,671), „schwärmte“ (#51,668), „seed“ (#51,672). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „sedan“ bei #51,670. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sedan is uncommon German at frequency #51,670 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [sɪˈdæn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "bestimmte Karosserieform bei Autos (immer viertürig); Limousine".

sedan has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is sedan, spelled S-E-D-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    bestimmte Karosserieform bei Autos (immer viertürig); Limousine

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how sedan appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. His brother owns a sedan.

Synonyms

saloon

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sedan"?
"sedan" is spelled S-E-D-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is [sɪˈdæn].
What does "sedan" mean?
As a noun, "sedan" means: bestimmte Karosserieform bei Autos (immer viertürig); Limousine
How do you pronounce "sedan"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sedan" is [sɪˈdæn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sedan" come from?
"sedan" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sedan", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Selen#51,678Silos#51,686Slips#51,691salut#51,648

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list