sehn
[zeːn]
The verdict
“sehn” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #13,016. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,016
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs sehnen
Corpus desk
Index DE-sehn · sehn · German
sehn · rank #13,016 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #13,016
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Schweinfurt
Nearest frequency peer: Schweinfurt (-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 „sehn“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Schulung
Schulung
86,988 corpus weight
- schwebt
schwebt
86,987 corpus weight
- Schweinfurt
Schweinfurt
86,986 corpus weight
- sehn
sehn
86,985 corpus weight
- Seife
Seife
86,984 corpus weight
- series
series
86,983 corpus weight
What this shows „sehn“ 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 | sehn |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [zeːn] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #13,016 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „sehn“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around sehn (IPA [zeːn]), averb. Corpus frequency is #13,016 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs sehnen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for sehn, with forms such as "eshn", "sehhn", and "sehnn". 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, "Sh", "Sn", "sei", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is sehn, spelled S-E-H-N.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs sehnen
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eshn
- sehhn
- sehnn
- senh
- shen
- ssehn
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sehn - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "sehn", 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 (6 here; floor ≥5).