Sediment

[zediˈmɛnt]

/[zediˈmɛnt]/ noun

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The verdict

“Sediment” is uncommon German (frequency #58,285 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,285
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ablagerung, Gesteinsschicht, meist durch Erosion entstanden

Corpus desk

Index DE-sediment · Sediment · German

Sediment · rank #58,285 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,285
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH sechstel

Nearest frequency peer: sechstel (-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 „Sediment“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Sediment
PropertyValue
HeadwordSediment
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[zediˈmɛnt]
Letters8
Frequency rank#58,285
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Sediment“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „sechstel“ (#58,284), „Seitenansicht“ (#58,286), „scroll“ (#58,283). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Sediment“ bei #58,285. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Sediment is uncommon German at frequency #58,285 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [zediˈmɛnt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Sediment has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Sediment, spelled S-E-D-I-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ablagerung, Gesteinsschicht, meist durch Erosion entstanden
  2. 2
    Bodensatz einer Suspension
  3. 3
    Aufbereitung des Urins zur mikroskopischen Beurteilung der festen Bestandteile

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Sedimente entstehen durch Ablagerung von Material an Land und im Meer.
  2. „Sie wiesen in den Sedimenten eines Sees in Alaska Spuren menschlichen Kots nach.“

Synonyms

SchichtgesteinFeststoffNiederschlagHarnsedimentUrinsediment

Antonyms

EruptivgesteinDekantat

This word in other languages

sediment(English)sedimento(Español)sédiment(Français)

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 "Sediment"?
"Sediment" is spelled S-E-D-I-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is [zediˈmɛnt].
What does "Sediment" mean?
As a noun, "Sediment" means: Ablagerung, Gesteinsschicht, meist durch Erosion entstanden
How do you pronounce "Sediment"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Sediment" is [zediˈmɛnt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Sediment" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sechstel#58,284Siedlern#58,296scherzte#58,256Sandberg#58,248

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list