seltenere

[ˈzɛltənəʁə]

/[ˈzɛltənəʁə]/ adj

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The verdict

“seltenere” is uncommon German (frequency #89,552 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,552
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-seltenere · seltenere · German

seltenere · rank #89,552 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #89,552
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH sella

Nearest frequency peer: sella (-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 „seltenere“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for seltenere
PropertyValue
Headwordseltenere
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈzɛltənəʁə]
Letters9
Frequency rank#89,552
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „seltenere“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „sella“ (#89,551), „semitischen“ (#89,553), „Selbstauskunft“ (#89,550). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „seltenere“ bei #89,552. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

seltenere is uncommon German at frequency #89,552 among 8,027 “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. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Komparativs des Adjektivs selten
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Komparativs des Adjektivs selten
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Komparativs des Adjektivs selten
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Komparativs des Adjektivs selten
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Komparativs des Adjektivs selten
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Komparativs des Adjektivs selten
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Komparativs des Adjektivs selten
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Komparativs des Adjektivs selten
  9. 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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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

singender#89,578sinnieren#89,579schildere#89,524Schachtes#89,520

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list