sent

[sɛnt]

/[sɛnt]/ verb

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The verdict

“sent” is uncommon German (frequency #50,043 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,043
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs send

Corpus desk

Index DE-sent · sent · German

sent · rank #50,043 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,043
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH selige

Nearest frequency peer: selige (-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 „sent“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sent
PropertyValue
Headwordsent
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[sɛnt]
Letters4
Frequency rank#50,043
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „sent“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).sentfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „selige“ (#50,042), „Servers“ (#50,044), „selektiven“ (#50,041). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „sent“ bei #50,043. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sent is uncommon German at frequency #50,043 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [sɛnt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs send".

sent has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is sent, spelled S-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs send

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 "sent"?
"sent" is spelled S-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is [sɛnt].
What does "sent" mean?
As a verb, "sent" means: Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs send
How do you pronounce "sent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sent" is [sɛnt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sent" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

tong#50,106Topp#50,108tous#50,110Trog#50,115

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list