Seepocke
[ˈzeːˌpɔkə]
The verdict
“Seepocke” 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) - Vertreter der festsitzenden (sessilen) Rankenfußkrebse, die ohne Ausbildung eines Stiels dem Untergrund aufsitzen
Corpus desk
Index DE-seepocke · Seepocke · German
Seepocke · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Seepocke |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈzeːˌpɔkə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Seepocke“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Seepocke is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈzeːˌpɔkə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Vertreter der festsitzenden (sessilen) Rankenfußkrebse, die ohne Ausbildung eines Stiels dem Untergrund aufsitzen".
Seepocke has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, 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 explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Seepocke, spelled S-E-E-P-O-C-K-E.
Definition
- 1Vertreter der festsitzenden (sessilen) Rankenfußkrebse, die ohne Ausbildung eines Stiels dem Untergrund aufsitzen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Seepocke appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Was Bezerra als Biologe auffiel, waren die Seepocken, die von weit her sein mussten, weil sie auf dem offenen Meer vorkommen.“
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.