sehend

[ˈzeːənt]

/[ˈzeːənt]/ verb

The verdict

“sehend” is uncommon German (frequency #83,289 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,289
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partizip Präsens des Verbs sehen

Corpus desk

Index DE-sehend · sehend · German

sehend · rank #83,289 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #83,289
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Sektempfang

Nearest frequency peer: Sektempfang (+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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „sehend“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „sehend“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sehend
PropertyValue
Headwordsehend
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈzeːənt]
Letters6
Frequency rank#83,289
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „sehend“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).sehendfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Sektempfang“ (#83,290), „sechsmonatigen“ (#83,287), „selbsternannter“ (#83,291). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „sehend“ bei #83,289. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sehend is uncommon German at frequency #83,289 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈzeːənt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partizip Präsens des Verbs sehen".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for sehend, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is sehend, spelled S-E-H-E-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partizip Präsens des Verbs sehen

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 "sehend"?
"sehend" is spelled S-E-H-E-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈzeːənt].
What does "sehend" mean?
As a verb, "sehend" means: Partizip Präsens des Verbs sehen
How do you pronounce "sehend"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sehend" is [ˈzeːənt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sehend" come from?
"sehend" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list