seitlich
[ˈzaɪ̯tlɪç]
The verdict
“seitlich” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #9,261 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #9,261
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - an der Seite, auf die Seite hin, von der Seite her
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 | seitlich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈzaɪ̯tlɪç] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #9,261 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “seitlich” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for seitlich is 8 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈzaɪ̯tlɪç]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,261 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "an der Seite, auf die Seite hin, von der Seite her".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for seitlich, with forms such as "esitlich", "seiltich", and "seitilch". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "seitliche", "seitlichen", "sämtlich", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is seitlich, spelled S-E-I-T-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1an der Seite, auf die Seite hin, von der Seite her
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This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: esitlich,seiltich,seitilch,seitlcih,seitlicch,seitlichh,seitlihc,seitllich,seittlich,setilich,sietlich,sseitlich
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of seitlich - 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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Using “seitlich”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-E-I-T-L-I-C-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈzaɪ̯tlɪç] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “seitliche” - see the side-by-side comparison. seitlich vs seitliche
- 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.