sehr
[zeːɐ̯]
The verdict
“sehr” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #81. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #81
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - in hohem Maße, besonders
Corpus desk
Index DE-sehr · sehr · German
sehr · rank #81 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #81
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH alle
Nearest frequency peer: alle (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “sehr”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- wieder
wieder
99,923 corpus weight
- keine
keine
99,922 corpus weight
- alle
alle
99,921 corpus weight
- sehr
sehr
99,920 corpus weight
- können
können
99,919 corpus weight
- Muss
Muss
99,918 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “sehr” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | sehr |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Particle |
| IPA | [zeːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #81 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sehr” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around sehr (IPA [zeːɐ̯]), aparticle. Corpus frequency is #81 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for sehr, with forms such as "eshr", "sehhr", and "sehrr". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Sr", "Sh", "sei", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is sehr, spelled S-E-H-R.
Definition
- 1in hohem Maße, besonders
- 2Steigerung eines Verbs
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sehr appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das ist sehr nett.
Ich kaufte ein sehr altes Haus.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eshr
- sehhr
- sehrr
- serh
- sher
- ssehr
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sehr - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sehr", 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).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.