seichten

[ˈzaɪ̯çtn̩]

/[ˈzaɪ̯çtn̩]/ adj

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The verdict

“seichten” is uncommon German (frequency #55,704 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,704
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs seicht

Corpus desk

Index DE-seichten · seichten · German

seichten · rank #55,704 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,704
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH seelenruhig

Nearest frequency peer: seelenruhig (-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 „seichten“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for seichten
PropertyValue
Headwordseichten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈzaɪ̯çtn̩]
Letters8
Frequency rank#55,704
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „seichten“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „seelenruhig“ (#55,703), „Selbstanzeige“ (#55,705), „Selbstsicherheit“ (#55,706). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „seichten“ bei #55,704. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

seichten is uncommon German at frequency #55,704 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈzaɪ̯çtn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 12 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for seichten in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is seichten, spelled S-E-I-C-H-T-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs seicht
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs seicht
  3. 3
    Genitiv Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs seicht
  4. 4
    Dativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs seicht
  5. 5
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs seicht
  6. 6
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs seicht
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs seicht
  8. 8
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs seicht
  9. 9
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs seicht
  10. 10
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs seicht
  11. 11
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs seicht
  12. 12
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs seicht

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 "seichten"?
"seichten" is spelled S-E-I-C-H-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈzaɪ̯çtn̩].
What does "seichten" mean?
As an adjective, "seichten" means: Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs seicht
How do you pronounce "seichten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "seichten" is [ˈzaɪ̯çtn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "seichten" come from?
"seichten" 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 "seichten", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list