segment

[sɛɡ.mɑ̃]

/[sɛɡ.mɑ̃]/ noun

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The verdict

“segment” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #11,322. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,322
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Kreisabschnitt

Corpus desk

Index DE-segment · segment · German

segment · rank #11,322 · 11 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,322
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Schweinsteiger

Nearest frequency peer: Schweinsteiger (-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 „segment“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „segment“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

segment vs segnen
71% similar
segment vs Segmente
75% similar
segment vs Segmenten
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for segment
PropertyValue
Headwordsegment
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[sɛɡ.mɑ̃]
Letters7
Frequency rank#11,322
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „segment“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.segmentliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Schweinsteiger“ (#11,321), „selbständige“ (#11,323), „schnellsten“ (#11,320). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „segment“ bei #11,322. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around segment (IPA [sɛɡ.mɑ̃]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,322 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for segment, with forms such as "esgment", "segemnt", and "seggment". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "segnen", "Segmente", "Segmenten", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is segment, spelled S-E-G-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Kreisabschnitt
  2. 2
    Abschnitt

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • esgment
  • segemnt
  • seggment
  • segmennt
  • segmentt
  • segmetn
  • segmment
  • segmnet
  • semgent
  • sgement
  • ssegment

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of segment - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

esgment2segemnt2seggment1segmennt1segmentt1segmetn2segmment1segmnet2
Edit distance from "segment"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "segment"?
"segment" is spelled S-E-G-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is [sɛɡ.mɑ̃].
What does "segment" mean?
As a noun, "segment" means: Kreisabschnitt
What words are commonly confused with "segment"?
"segment" is commonly confused with "segnen", "Segmente", "Segmenten". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "segment"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "segment" is [sɛɡ.mɑ̃]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "segment" come from?
"segment" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "segment", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

spezial#11,326populär#11,308Treppen#11,336platzen#11,307

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

religiös11 variantsnotfalls11 variantsMerkels11 variantsZentren11 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list