seinerzeit
[ˈzaɪ̯nɐˌt͡saɪ̯t]
The verdict
“seinerzeit” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #7,228. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,228
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - damals; zu jener Zeit
Corpus desk
Index DE-seinerzeit · seinerzeit · German
seinerzeit · rank #7,228 · 15 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-COMMON #7,228
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH schlimme
Nearest frequency peer: schlimme (-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 „seinerzeit“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Sandra
Sandra
92,776 corpus weight
- Schlagzeilen
Schlagzeilen
92,775 corpus weight
- schlimme
schlimme
92,774 corpus weight
- seinerzeit
seinerzeit
92,773 corpus weight
- sonntags
sonntags
92,772 corpus weight
- spazieren
spazieren
92,771 corpus weight
What this shows „seinerzeit“ 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 | seinerzeit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [ˈzaɪ̯nɐˌt͡saɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #7,228 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „seinerzeit“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around seinerzeit (IPA [ˈzaɪ̯nɐˌt͡saɪ̯t]), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #7,228 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for seinerzeit, with forms such as "esinerzeit", "seienrzeit", and "seinerezit". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "seinerseits", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is seinerzeit, spelled S-E-I-N-E-R-Z-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1damals; zu jener Zeit
- 2zu gegebener Zeit
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how seinerzeit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
1964 kamen die Beatles zum ersten Mal in die USA. Seinerzeit galt ihre Musik noch als wild.
„Ados Vater war seinerzeit einer der Pioniere.“
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- esinerzeit
- seienrzeit
- seinerezit
- seinerrzeit
- seinerzeitt
- seinerzeti
- seinerziet
- seinerzzeit
- seinezreit
- seinnerzeit
- seinrezeit
- senierzeit
- sienerzeit
- sienerziet
- sseinerzeit
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of seinerzeit - 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 "seinerzeit", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).