September

/[zɛpˈtɛmbɐ]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#588

in German word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

September is aGermannoun. It means: der neunte Monat im Jahr Pronounced [zɛpˈtɛmbɐ]. It ranks #588 in German word frequency.

Key facts for September
PropertyValue
HeadwordSeptember
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[zɛpˈtɛmbɐ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#588
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of September in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for September is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [zɛpˈtɛmbɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #588 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "der neunte Monat im Jahr".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for September, with forms such as "esptember", "sepetmber", and "sepptember". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is September, spelled S-E-P-T-E-M-B-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    der neunte Monat im Jahr

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: esptember,sepetmber,sepptember,septebmer,septembber,septemberr,septembre,septemebr,septemmber,septmeber,septtember,setpember,spetember,sseptember

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for September

Misspelling Variants of "September"

esptember9sepetmber9sepptember10septebmer9septembber10septemberr10septembre9septemebr9
Misspelling Variants of "September"

Frequency rank: #588 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "September"?
"September" is spelled S-E-P-T-E-M-B-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [zɛpˈtɛmbɐ].
What does "September" mean?
As a noun, "September" means: der neunte Monat im Jahr
What are common misspellings of "September"?
Common misspellings include "esptember", "sepetmber", "sepptember", "septebmer", "septembber". The correct spelling is "September".
How do you pronounce "September"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "September" is [zɛpˈtɛmbɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "September" come from?
"September" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.