seltenere

Name: seltenere, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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[ˈzɛltənəʁə]

/[ˈzɛltənəʁə]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“seltenere” is uncommon German (frequency #89,552 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,552
frequency rank, German: 107,600
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Komparativs des Adjektivs selten

Key facts for seltenere
Property	Value
Headword	seltenere
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[ˈzɛltənəʁə]
Letters	9
Frequency rank	#89,552
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “seltenere” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). seltenere lands here:

#89,552

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

seltenere is uncommon German at frequency #89,552 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈzɛltənəʁə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for seltenere in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 seltenere, spelled S-E-L-T-E-N-E-R-E.

Definition

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

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 "seltenere"?

"seltenere" is spelled S-E-L-T-E-N-E-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈzɛltənəʁə].

What does "seltenere" mean?

As an adjective, "seltenere" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Komparativs des Adjektivs selten

How do you pronounce "seltenere"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "seltenere" is [ˈzɛltənəʁə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "seltenere" come from?

"seltenere" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Using “seltenere”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct German spelling is S-E-L-T-E-N-E-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as [ˈzɛltənəʁə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.