Seekuh
[ˈzeːˌkuː]
The verdict
“Seekuh” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ordnung (gesellig in küstennahen Meeresteilen, Flüssen und Binnenseen der Tropen und Subtropen lebender) pflanzenfressender, zu den Huftieren gestellter Meeressäuger mit zwei Familien und insgesamt...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Seekuh |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈzeːˌkuː] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Seekuh” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Seekuh is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈzeːˌkuː]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Ordnung (gesellig in küstennahen Meeresteilen, Flüssen und Binnenseen der Tropen und Subtropen lebender) pflanzenfressender, zu den Huftieren gestellter Meeressäuger mit zwei Familien und insgesamt...".
No misspelling variants are generated for Seekuh in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Seekuh, spelled S-E-E-K-U-H.
Definition
- 1Ordnung (gesellig in küstennahen Meeresteilen, Flüssen und Binnenseen der Tropen und Subtropen lebender) pflanzenfressender, zu den Huftieren gestellter Meeressäuger mit zwei Familien und insgesamt 4 rezenten Arten, deren 2,5–4 Meter langer und bis maximal fast 400 Kilogramm schwerer Körper massig, walzen- und stromlinienförmig ist, mit einer dicken Speckschicht, einem bis auf wenige Borsten und Tasthaare reduzierten Haarkleid, flossenartigen Vordergliedmaßen, fehlenden Hintergliedmaßen und einem waagerechten, zu einem Ruder verbreiterten Schwanz (Sirenia); Vertreter dieser Ordnung
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Seekuh”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-E-E-K-U-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈzeːˌkuː] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.