sepsis

[sɛpsis]

/[sɛpsis]/ noun

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The verdict

“sepsis” is uncommon German (frequency #54,072 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,072
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sepsis, Blutvergiftung

Corpus desk

Index DE-sepsis · sepsis · German

sepsis · rank #54,072 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,072
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Sekundärliter…

Nearest frequency peer: Sekundärliteratur (-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 „sepsis“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sepsis
PropertyValue
Headwordsepsis
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[sɛpsis]
Letters6
Frequency rank#54,072
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „sepsis“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Sekundärliteratur“ (#54,071), „Serenade“ (#54,073), „Seitenwand“ (#54,070). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „sepsis“ bei #54,072. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sepsis is uncommon German at frequency #54,072 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [sɛpsis]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sepsis, Blutvergiftung".

No generated misspelling entries exist for sepsis in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is sepsis, spelled S-E-P-S-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sepsis, Blutvergiftung

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 "sepsis"?
"sepsis" is spelled S-E-P-S-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is [sɛpsis].
What does "sepsis" mean?
As a noun, "sepsis" means: Sepsis, Blutvergiftung
How do you pronounce "sepsis"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sepsis" is [sɛpsis]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sepsis" come from?
"sepsis" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Skaten#54,086stiere#54,112Sujets#54,124postel#53,992

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list