Seefahrer
[ˈzeːˌfaːʁɐ]
The verdict
“Seefahrer” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #39,623. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,623
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die zu See fährt, die mit einem (kommerziellen) Segelschiff unterwegs ist; Menschen, Gruppen oder Völker, deren Leben hauptsächlich von der Seefahrt geprägt ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-seefahrer · Seefahrer · German
Seefahrer · rank #39,623 · 13 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #39,623
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH schützend
Nearest frequency peer: schützend (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Seefahrer“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Schwäne
Schwäne
60,381 corpus weight
- schönster
schönster
60,380 corpus weight
- schützend
schützend
60,379 corpus weight
- Seefahrer
Seefahrer
60,378 corpus weight
- Seher
Seher
60,377 corpus weight
- selbstkriti…
selbstkritisch
60,375 corpus weight
What this shows „Seefahrer“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | Seefahrer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈzeːˌfaːʁɐ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #39,623 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Seefahrer“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Seefahrer (IPA [ˈzeːˌfaːʁɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,623 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Person, die zu See fährt, die mit einem (kommerziellen) Segelschiff unterwegs ist; Menschen, Gruppen oder Völker, deren Leben hauptsächlich von der Seefahrt geprägt ist".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Seefahrer, with forms such as "esefahrer", "seeafhrer", and "seefaherr". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Seefahrt", "Skifahrer", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Seefahrer, spelled S-E-E-F-A-H-R-E-R.
Definition
- 1Person, die zu See fährt, die mit einem (kommerziellen) Segelschiff unterwegs ist; Menschen, Gruppen oder Völker, deren Leben hauptsächlich von der Seefahrt geprägt ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Seefahrer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In den früheren Jahrhunderten litten die Seefahrer auf ihren Schiffen oft an Skorbut und anderen Krankheiten.
„Das Kommando führte der größte Seefahrer aller Zeiten, Kapitän James Cook.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- esefahrer
- seeafhrer
- seefaherr
- seefahhrer
- seefahrerr
- seefahrre
- seefahrrer
- seefarher
- seeffahrer
- seefharer
- sefahrer
- sefeahrer
- sseefahrer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Seefahrer - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Seefahrer", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).