senken

[ˈzɛŋkn̩]

/[ˈzɛŋkn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“senken” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #5,879. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,879
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in eine niedrigere Position bringen

Corpus desk

Index DE-senken · senken · German

senken · rank #5,879 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,879
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Sehnsucht

Nearest frequency peer: Sehnsucht (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „senken“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „senken“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

senken vs senkt
67% similar
senken vs seven
67% similar
senken vs Sense
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for senken
PropertyValue
Headwordsenken
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈzɛŋkn̩]
Letters6
Frequency rank#5,879
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „senken“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).senkenliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Sehnsucht“ (#5,878), „Ski“ (#5,880), „Schwert“ (#5,877). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „senken“ bei #5,879. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around senken (IPA [ˈzɛŋkn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #5,879 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for senken, with forms such as "esnken", "seknen", and "senekn". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "senkt", "seven", "Sense", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is senken, spelled S-E-N-K-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    in eine niedrigere Position bringen
  2. 2
    ermäßigen
  3. 3
    auf einen niedrigeren Wert bringen
  4. 4
    abwärts bewegen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how senken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Der Boden senkt sich jedes Jahr einige Zentimeter.
  2. Mit gesenktem Haupt stand er vor mir.

Antonyms

hebenerhöhenanhebenerheben

This word in other languages

lower(English)bajar(Español)abaisser(Français)abaixar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • esnken
  • seknen
  • senekn
  • senkenn
  • senkken
  • senkne
  • sennken
  • sneken
  • ssenken

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of senken - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

esnken2seknen2senekn2senkenn1senkken1senkne2sennken1sneken2
Edit distance from "senken"

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 "senken"?
"senken" is spelled S-E-N-K-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈzɛŋkn̩].
What does "senken" mean?
As a verb, "senken" means: in eine niedrigere Position bringen
What words are commonly confused with "senken"?
"senken" is commonly confused with "senkt", "seven", "Sense". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "senken"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "senken" is [ˈzɛŋkn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "senken" come from?
"senken" 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 "senken", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list