Seegang
[ˈzeːˌɡaŋ]
The verdict
“Seegang” is uncommon German (frequency #61,921 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,921
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - durch Wind erzeugte, unruhige, wellige Wasseroberfläche auf dem Meer
Corpus desk
Index DE-seegang · Seegang · German
Seegang · rank #61,921 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,921
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Schützenkönig
Nearest frequency peer: Schützenkönig (-2 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 „Seegang“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Schwanzes
Schwanzes
38,085 corpus weight
- schwerelos
schwerelos
38,084 corpus weight
- Schwerpunkt…
Schwerpunktthema
38,083 corpus weight
- Schützenkön…
Schützenkönig
38,082 corpus weight
- Seegang
Seegang
38,080 corpus weight
- separation
separation
38,076 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Seegang“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Seegang |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈzeːˌɡaŋ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #61,921 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Seegang“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Seegang is uncommon German at frequency #61,921 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈzeːˌɡaŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "durch Wind erzeugte, unruhige, wellige Wasseroberfläche auf dem Meer".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Seegang, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Seegang, spelled S-E-E-G-A-N-G.
Definition
- 1durch Wind erzeugte, unruhige, wellige Wasseroberfläche auf dem Meer
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Seegang appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Hunderte von Deckstühlen wurden an die Geländer gebunden, daß sie nicht von dem Seegang hin und her rutschten.“
Bei dem starken Seegang blieben sie lieber noch einen Tag im Hafen, bevor sie weitersegelten.
Synonyms
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.
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