Semikolon
[zemiˈkoːlɔn]
The verdict
“Semikolon” is an uncommon German word, ranked #90,884 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #90,884
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Satzzeichen, das zwei selbstständige Sätze trennt
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Semikolon |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [zemiˈkoːlɔn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #90,884 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Semikolon” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Semikolon is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [zemiˈkoːlɔn]. Corpus data places it at rank #90,884 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Satzzeichen, das zwei selbstständige Sätze trennt".
Zero misspellings are on record for Semikolon in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Semikolon, spelled S-E-M-I-K-O-L-O-N.
Definition
- 1Satzzeichen, das zwei selbstständige Sätze trennt
Synonyms
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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.
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Using “Semikolon”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-E-M-I-K-O-L-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [zemiˈkoːlɔn] (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.