sekundäre

[ˌzekʊnˈdɛːʁə]

/[ˌzekʊnˈdɛːʁə]/ adj

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The verdict

“sekundäre” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #29,782. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,782
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sekundär

Corpus desk

Index DE-sekundare · sekundäre · German

sekundäre · rank #29,782 · 13 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #29,782
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Selbsthilfegr…

Nearest frequency peer: Selbsthilfegruppe (+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 „sekundäre“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „sekundäre“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

sekundäre vs Sekunde
67% similar
sekundäre vs sekundären
90% similar
sekundäre vs sekundär
89% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for sekundäre
PropertyValue
Headwordsekundäre
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˌzekʊnˈdɛːʁə]
Letters9
Frequency rank#29,782
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „sekundäre“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.sekundäreliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Selbsthilfegruppe“ (#29,783), „Seiler“ (#29,780), „Selbstkritik“ (#29,784). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „sekundäre“ bei #29,782. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around sekundäre (IPA [ˌzekʊnˈdɛːʁə]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #29,782 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for sekundäre, with forms such as "eskundäre", "sekkundäre", and "seknudäre". 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, "Sekunde", "sekundären", "sekundär", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is sekundäre, spelled S-E-K-U-N-D-Ä-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sekundär
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sekundär
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sekundär
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sekundär
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sekundär
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sekundär
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sekundär
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sekundär
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sekundär

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eskundäre
  • sekkundäre
  • seknudäre
  • sekudnäre
  • sekunddäre
  • sekundräe
  • sekundäer
  • sekundärre
  • sekunndäre
  • sekunädre
  • seukndäre
  • skeundäre
  • ssekundäre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sekundäre - 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.

eskundäre2sekkundäre1seknudäre2sekudnäre2sekunddäre1sekundräe2sekundäer2sekundärre1
Edit distance from "sekundäre"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sekundäre"?
"sekundäre" is spelled S-E-K-U-N-D-Ä-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌzekʊnˈdɛːʁə].
What does "sekundäre" mean?
As an adjective, "sekundäre" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sekundär
What words are commonly confused with "sekundäre"?
"sekundäre" is commonly confused with "Sekunde", "sekundären", "sekundär". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sekundäre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sekundäre" is [ˌzekʊnˈdɛːʁə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sekundäre" come from?
"sekundäre" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sekundäre", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list