See
[zeː]
The verdict
“See” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #1,372) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #1,372
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - stehendes Gewässer, das von Land umgeben ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-see · See · German
See · rank #1,372 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,372
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Schulen
Nearest frequency peer: Schulen (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “See”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Richter
Richter
98,632 corpus weight
- Schaden
Schaden
98,631 corpus weight
- Schulen
Schulen
98,630 corpus weight
- See
See
98,629 corpus weight
- Tor
Tor
98,628 corpus weight
- täglich
täglich
98,627 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “See” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | See |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [zeː] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #1,372 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “See” sits in German frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for See is neighbouring look-alikes ("so", "SV", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [zeː]. Frequency #1,372 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Gloss: "stehendes Gewässer, das von Land umgeben ist".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for See, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "so", "SV", "SS", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is See, spelled S-E-E.
Definition
- 1stehendes Gewässer, das von Land umgeben ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how See appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ein ausgetrockneter See hat kein Wasser mehr.
Am Wochenende werden wir einen schönen Ausflug zu einem See in unserer nächsten Umgebung machen.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
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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.