Seitenrand
[ˈzaɪ̯tn̩ˌʁant]
The verdict
“Seitenrand” is an uncommon German word, ranked #94,865 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #94,865
- frequency rank, German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Kante eines beschriebenen oder bedruckten Blattes
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Seitenrand |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈzaɪ̯tn̩ˌʁant] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #94,865 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Seitenrand” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Seitenrand is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈzaɪ̯tn̩ˌʁant]. Corpus data places it at rank #94,865 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Kante eines beschriebenen oder bedruckten Blattes".
Seitenrand has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Seitenrand, spelled S-E-I-T-E-N-R-A-N-D.
Definition
- 1Kante eines beschriebenen oder bedruckten Blattes
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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Using “Seitenrand”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-E-I-T-E-N-R-A-N-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈzaɪ̯tn̩ˌʁant] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.