seiner

/[ˈzaɪ̯nɐ]/ unknown

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#142

in German word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

seiner is anGermanunknown. It means: Genitiv des Personalpronomens er Pronounced [ˈzaɪ̯nɐ]. It ranks #142 in German word frequency. Often confused with Seite and Stier.

Key facts for seiner
PropertyValue
Headwordseiner
LanguageGerman
Part of speechUnknown
IPA[ˈzaɪ̯nɐ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#142
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of seiner in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for seiner is 6 letters long, classified as anunknown, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈzaɪ̯nɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #142 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Genitiv des Personalpronomens er".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for seiner, with forms such as "esiner", "seienr", and "seinerr". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Seite", "Stier", "seins", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is seiner, spelled S-E-I-N-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv des Personalpronomens er

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: esiner,seienr,seinerr,seinner,seinre,senier,siener,sseiner

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for seiner

Misspelling Variants of "seiner"

esiner6seienr6seinerr7seinner7seinre6senier6siener6sseiner7
Misspelling Variants of "seiner"

Frequency rank: #142 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "seiner"?
"seiner" is spelled S-E-I-N-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈzaɪ̯nɐ].
What does "seiner" mean?
As an unknown, "seiner" means: Genitiv des Personalpronomens er
What words are commonly confused with "seiner"?
"seiner" is commonly confused with "Seite", "Stier", "seins". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "seiner"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "seiner" is [ˈzaɪ̯nɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "seiner" come from?
"seiner" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.