Seele

/[ˈzeːlə]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,711

in German word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Seele is aGermannoun. It means: charakteristisches Merkmal lebender Wesen; der unsterbliche Teil der (fühlenden) Lebewesen Pronounced [ˈzeːlə]. It ranks #1,711 in German word frequency. Often confused with sel and sehe.

Key facts for Seele
PropertyValue
HeadwordSeele
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈzeːlə]
Letters5
Frequency rank#1,711
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Seele in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Seele is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈzeːlə]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,711 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for Seele, with forms such as "esele", "seeel", and "seelle". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sel", "sehe", "Seen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Seele, spelled S-E-E-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    charakteristisches Merkmal lebender Wesen; der unsterbliche Teil der (fühlenden) Lebewesen
  2. 2
    die Gefühlswelt eines Lebewesens, ursprünglich nur bei Menschen, später auch den Tieren (wie ein täglich begleitendes Reitpferd oder Haustiere) und anderen Lebewesen zu- oder anerkannt
  3. 3
    gutwillige Instanz
  4. 4
    Mitglied oder Einwohner einer (Kirchen-)Gemeinde
  5. 5
    Botschaft eines Musikstückes
  6. 6
    Inneres eines Seiles, Kabels oder Ähnlichem
  7. 7
    das Innere oder die Füllung manchen Lötzinns mit Flussmittel
  8. 8
    Innenbauteil (der Stimmstock) einer Violine oder anderer Saiteninstrumente
  9. 9
    Hohlraum, zum Beispiel eines Gewehrlaufs oder der Achse eines Korkenziehers
  10. 10
    süddeutsche Brotspezialität

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: esele,seeel,seelle,sele,selee,sseele

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Seele

Misspelling Variants of "Seele"

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Misspelling Variants of "Seele"

Frequency rank: #1,711 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Seele"?
"Seele" is spelled S-E-E-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈzeːlə].
What does "Seele" mean?
As a noun, "Seele" means: charakteristisches Merkmal lebender Wesen; der unsterbliche Teil der (fühlenden) Lebewesen
What words are commonly confused with "Seele"?
"Seele" is commonly confused with "sel", "sehe", "Seen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Seele"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Seele" is [ˈzeːlə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Seele" come from?
"Seele" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.