Seemann
[ˈzeːˌman]
The verdict
“Seemann” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #19,385. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,385
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine in der Seeschifffahrt tätige Person
Corpus desk
Index DE-seemann · Seemann · German
Seemann · rank #19,385 · 8 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #19,385
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH schönem
Nearest frequency peer: schönem (-1 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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Seemann“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- schwangeren
schwangeren
80,619 corpus weight
- schwerem
schwerem
80,618 corpus weight
- schönem
schönem
80,617 corpus weight
- Seemann
Seemann
80,616 corpus weight
- Selbstverwa…
Selbstverwaltung
80,615 corpus weight
- Selfie
Selfie
80,614 corpus weight
What this shows „Seemann“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Seemann |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈzeːˌman] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #19,385 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Seemann“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Seemann (IPA [ˈzeːˌman]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,385 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "eine in der Seeschifffahrt tätige Person".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Seemann, with forms such as "esemann", "seeamnn", and "seeman". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Seeland", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Seemann, spelled S-E-E-M-A-N-N.
Definition
- 1eine in der Seeschifffahrt tätige Person
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Seemann appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ein Seemann kann einen guten Trunk hundert Meilen weit auf See erschnuppern.“
„Sie könnte glatt ein gut gesponnenes Seemannsgarn aus einer Hafenkneipe sein, das ein Seemann mit allen Details erzählt, damit seine Zuhörer möglichst eine weitere Runde spendieren, um auch noch den Rest zu hören.“
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- esemann
- seeamnn
- seeman
- seemmann
- seemnan
- semann
- semeann
- sseemann
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Seemann - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Seemann", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).