seismische

[ˈzaɪ̯smɪʃə]

/[ˈzaɪ̯smɪʃə]/ adj

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The verdict

“seismische” is uncommon German (frequency #80,916 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,916
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs seismisch

Corpus desk

Index DE-seismische · seismische · German

seismische · rank #80,916 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,916
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Seienden

Nearest frequency peer: Seienden (-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 „seismische“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for seismische
PropertyValue
Headwordseismische
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈzaɪ̯smɪʃə]
Letters10
Frequency rank#80,916
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „seismische“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.seismischefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Seienden“ (#80,915), „Sekretärs“ (#80,917), „selle“ (#80,918). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „seismische“ bei #80,916. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

seismische is uncommon German at frequency #80,916 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈzaɪ̯smɪʃə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

seismische has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is seismische, spelled S-E-I-S-M-I-S-C-H-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs seismisch
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs seismisch
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs seismisch
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs seismisch
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs seismisch
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs seismisch
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs seismisch
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs seismisch
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs seismisch

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 "seismische"?
"seismische" is spelled S-E-I-S-M-I-S-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈzaɪ̯smɪʃə].
What does "seismische" mean?
As an adjective, "seismische" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs seismisch
How do you pronounce "seismische"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "seismische" is [ˈzaɪ̯smɪʃə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "seismische" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "seismische", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list