Sequel

[ˈsiːkwəl]

/[ˈsiːkwəl]/ noun

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The verdict

“Sequel” is uncommon German (frequency #55,707 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,707
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fortsetzungsfilm, dessen Handlung nach den Ereignissen des älteren Films liegt

Corpus desk

Index DE-sequel · Sequel · German

Sequel · rank #55,707 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,707
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Selbstsicherh…

Nearest frequency peer: Selbstsicherheit (-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 „Sequel“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Sequel
PropertyValue
HeadwordSequel
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈsiːkwəl]
Letters6
Frequency rank#55,707
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Sequel“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Sequelfällt 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: „Selbstsicherheit“ (#55,706), „Selbstanzeige“ (#55,705), „seichten“ (#55,704). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Sequel“ bei #55,707. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Sequel is uncommon German at frequency #55,707 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈsiːkwəl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fortsetzungsfilm, dessen Handlung nach den Ereignissen des älteren Films liegt".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Sequel, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Sequel, spelled S-E-Q-U-E-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fortsetzungsfilm, dessen Handlung nach den Ereignissen des älteren Films liegt

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Den Sequel fand ich besser als den zweiten Teil.

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 "Sequel"?
"Sequel" is spelled S-E-Q-U-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈsiːkwəl].
What does "Sequel" mean?
As a noun, "Sequel" means: Fortsetzungsfilm, dessen Handlung nach den Ereignissen des älteren Films liegt
How do you pronounce "Sequel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Sequel" is [ˈsiːkwəl]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Sequel" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

schanz#55,677strack#55,744rucola#55,667tabula#55,757

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list