seizure

[ˈsiːʒəʳ]

/[ˈsiːʒəʳ]/ noun

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The verdict

“seizure” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Einnahme, die Ergreifung

Corpus desk

Index DE-seizure · seizure · German

seizure · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "S" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for seizure
PropertyValue
Headwordseizure
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈsiːʒəʳ]
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „seizure“ im Deutschen

seizureschafft es nicht in die Top 100.000 des Deutschen: Zone für Fach-, Alt- oder Seltenwortschatz.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

seizure is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈsiːʒəʳ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for seizure, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 seizure, spelled S-E-I-Z-U-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    die Einnahme, die Ergreifung
  2. 2
    der Anfall
  3. 3
    der Schlaganfall
  4. 4
    der Stillstand
  5. 5
    die Einziehung, die Konfiszierung, die Pfändung

Synonyms

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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "seizure"?
"seizure" is spelled S-E-I-Z-U-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈsiːʒəʳ].
What does "seizure" mean?
As a noun, "seizure" means: die Einnahme, die Ergreifung
How do you pronounce "seizure"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "seizure" is [ˈsiːʒəʳ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "seizure" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list