Seelachs
[ˈzeːˌlaks]
The verdict
“Seelachs” 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
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - einer von zweien zur Familie der Dorsche gehörenden marinen Speisefische (Pollachius virens und Pollachius pollachius)
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Seelachs |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈzeːˌlaks] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Seelachs” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Seelachs is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈzeːˌlaks]. 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: "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)
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.
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Using “Seelachs”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-E-E-L-A-C-H-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈzeːˌlaks] (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.