Sektor
[ˈzɛktoːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Sektor” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #7,393. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,393
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Teil eines Gebiets
Corpus desk
Index DE-sektor · Sektor · German
Sektor · rank #7,393 · 9 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,393
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH schwedischen
Nearest frequency peer: schwedischen (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Sektor“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Schafe
Schafe
92,611 corpus weight
- Schuljahr
Schuljahr
92,610 corpus weight
- schwedischen
schwedischen
92,609 corpus weight
- Sektor
Sektor
92,608 corpus weight
- Senator
Senator
92,607 corpus weight
- Siegel
Siegel
92,606 corpus weight
What this shows „Sektor“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | Sektor |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈzɛktoːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #7,393 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Sektor“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Sektor (IPA [ˈzɛktoːɐ̯]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,393 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Sektor, with forms such as "esktor", "sekktor", and "sekotr". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "Senior", "Sensor", "Senator", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Sektor, spelled S-E-K-T-O-R.
Definition
- 1ein Teil eines Gebiets
- 2Geometrie und deren Anwendungen: alle Punkte eines Kreises, die vom Mittelpunkt aus gesehen in einem bestimmten Winkelbereich liegen; also ein „Tortenstück“ einer Kreisscheibe
- 3Gebiet einer Stadt, das einer der Besatzungsmächte untersteht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Sektor appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Industrie ist einer der wichtigsten Sektoren der Wirtschaft.
Sie waren in den verbotenen Sektor der Stadt eingedrungen.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- esktor
- sekktor
- sekotr
- sektorr
- sektro
- sekttor
- setkor
- sketor
- ssektor
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Sektor - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Sektor", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).