Seegang

[ˈzeːˌɡaŋ]

/[ˈzeːˌɡaŋ]/ noun

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Seegang
PropertyValue
HeadwordSeegang
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈzeːˌɡaŋ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#61,921
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Seegang“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Seegangfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Schützenkönig“ (#61,919), „Schwerpunktthema“ (#61,918), „schwerelos“ (#61,917). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Seegang“ bei #61,921. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    durch Wind erzeugte, unruhige, wellige Wasseroberfläche auf dem Meer

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Hunderte von Deckstühlen wurden an die Geländer gebunden, daß sie nicht von dem Seegang hin und her rutschten.“
  2. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Seegang"?
"Seegang" is spelled S-E-E-G-A-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈzeːˌɡaŋ].
What does "Seegang" mean?
As a noun, "Seegang" means: durch Wind erzeugte, unruhige, wellige Wasseroberfläche auf dem Meer
How do you pronounce "Seegang"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Seegang" is [ˈzeːˌɡaŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Seegang" come from?
"Seegang" 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 "Seegang", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list