Selterwasser
[ˈzɛltɐˌvasɐ]
The verdict
“Selterwasser” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kohlensäurehaltiges Wasser
Corpus desk
Index DE-selterwasser · Selterwasser · German
Selterwasser · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Selterwasser |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈzɛltɐˌvasɐ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Selterwasser“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Selterwasser is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈzɛltɐˌvasɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kohlensäurehaltiges Wasser".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Selterwasser in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Selterwasser, spelled S-E-L-T-E-R-W-A-S-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1kohlensäurehaltiges Wasser
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.