sega
[ˈseːɡa]
The verdict
“sega” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #48,475. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,475
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Säge: Werkzeug zum Bearbeiten und Zerteilen von Holz, Stein, Metall, Kunststoff und anderen festen Materialien
Corpus desk
Index DE-sega · sega · German
sega · rank #48,475 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #48,475
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Seepferdchen
Nearest frequency peer: Seepferdchen (-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 „sega“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Scotch
Scotch
51,530 corpus weight
- secretary
secretary
51,528 corpus weight
- Seepferdchen
Seepferdchen
51,527 corpus weight
- sega
sega
51,526 corpus weight
- Segelboot
Segelboot
51,525 corpus weight
- Sehkraft
Sehkraft
51,523 corpus weight
What this shows „sega“ 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 | sega |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈseːɡa] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #48,475 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „sega“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around sega (IPA [ˈseːɡa]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #48,475 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for sega, with forms such as "esga", "seag", and "segga". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "SG", "sei", "Sex", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is sega, spelled S-E-G-A.
Definition
- 1die Säge: Werkzeug zum Bearbeiten und Zerteilen von Holz, Stein, Metall, Kunststoff und anderen festen Materialien
- 2das Wichsen: männliche Masturbation
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how sega appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Una sega è un attrezzo atto a tagliare legno o altri materiali, al fine di dividere un pezzo di materiale in parti più piccole secondo le misure desiderate.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- esga
- seag
- segga
- sgea
- ssega
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sega - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "sega", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).