selle

[sɛl]

/[sɛl]/ noun

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The verdict

“selle” is uncommon German (frequency #80,918 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,918
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sattel

Corpus desk

Index DE-selle · selle · German

selle · rank #80,918 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,918
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Sekretärs

Nearest frequency peer: Sekretärs (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „selle“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „selle“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for selle
PropertyValue
Headwordselle
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[sɛl]
Letters5
Frequency rank#80,918
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „selle“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).sellefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Sekretärs“ (#80,917), „Separatismus“ (#80,919), „seismische“ (#80,916). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „selle“ bei #80,918. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

selle is uncommon German at frequency #80,918 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [sɛl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sattel".

Zero misspellings are on record for selle in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is selle, spelled S-E-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sattel

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 "selle"?
"selle" is spelled S-E-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [sɛl].
What does "selle" mean?
As a noun, "selle" means: Sattel
How do you pronounce "selle"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "selle" is [sɛl]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "selle" come from?
"selle" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Sepia#80,920sopra#80,932salma#80,877surfe#80,977

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list