seltene

/[ˈzɛltənə]/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,817

in German word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

seltene is anGermanadj. It means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs selten Pronounced [ˈzɛltənə]. It ranks #7,817 in German word frequency. Often confused with seltener and seltenen.

Key facts for seltene
PropertyValue
Headwordseltene
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈzɛltənə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#7,817
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of seltene in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for seltene is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈzɛltənə]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,817 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for seltene, with forms such as "esltene", "seletne", and "selltene". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "seltener", "seltenen", "seltenes", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is seltene, spelled S-E-L-T-E-N-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

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

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: esltene,seletne,selltene,selteen,seltenne,seltnee,selttene,setlene,sletene,sseltene

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for seltene

Misspelling Variants of "seltene"

esltene7seletne7selltene8selteen7seltenne8seltnee7selttene8setlene7
Misspelling Variants of "seltene"

Frequency rank: #7,817 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

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