Seelachs
[ˈzeːˌlaks]
The verdict
“Seelachs” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einer von zweien zur Familie der Dorsche gehörenden marinen Speisefische (Pollachius virens und Pollachius pollachius)
Corpus desk
Index DE-seelachs · Seelachs · German
Seelachs · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Seelachs |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈzeːˌlaks] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Seelachs“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Seelachs is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈzeːˌlaks]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "einer von zweien zur Familie der Dorsche gehörenden marinen Speisefische (Pollachius virens und Pollachius pollachius)".
Zero misspellings are on record for Seelachs in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Seelachs, spelled S-E-E-L-A-C-H-S.
Definition
- 1einer von zweien zur Familie der Dorsche gehörenden marinen Speisefische (Pollachius virens und Pollachius pollachius)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Seelachs appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich esse sehr gerne gebackenen Seelachs.
„Der Name ‚Seelachs‘ ist … eine Erfindung der Lebensmittelindustrie und beruht auf der (aus der Zeit vor Einführung der Lachszucht stammenden) Verwendung des Fleisches als rot eingefärbter ‚Lachsersatz‘.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.