seit
[zaɪ̯t]
The verdict
“seit” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #120. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #120
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - von … an, ausgehend von … (Zeitpunkt)
Corpus desk
Index DE-seit · seit · German
seit · rank #120 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #120
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH kein
Nearest frequency peer: kein (-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 “seit”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- mein
mein
99,884 corpus weight
- eines
eines
99,883 corpus weight
- kein
kein
99,882 corpus weight
- seit
seit
99,881 corpus weight
- soll
soll
99,880 corpus weight
- selbst
selbst
99,879 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “seit” 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 | seit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Preposition |
| IPA | [zaɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #120 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “seit” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around seit (IPA [zaɪ̯t]), apreposition. Corpus frequency is #120 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for seit, with forms such as "esit", "seitt", and "seti". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sie", "Sex", "set", and more, 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 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 seit, spelled S-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1von … an, ausgehend von … (Zeitpunkt)
- 2während der letzten … (Zeitspanne)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how seit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Seit dem Start von Juri Gagarin am 12. April 1961 gibt es bemannte Raumfahrt.
Seit mehr als fünfzig Jahren gibt es bemannte Raumfahrt.
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- esit
- seitt
- seti
- siet
- sseit
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of seit - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "seit", 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 (5 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.