Sequoia
[zeˈkvoːja]
The verdict
“Sequoia” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sehr hoher Nadelbaum mit weitem Stammdurchmesser, der sehr alt werden kann und im Westen Nordamerikas heimisch ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-sequoia · Sequoia · German
Sequoia · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sequoia |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [zeˈkvoːja] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Sequoia“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Sequoia is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [zeˈkvoːja]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sehr hoher Nadelbaum mit weitem Stammdurchmesser, der sehr alt werden kann und im Westen Nordamerikas heimisch ist".
Sequoia doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Sequoia, spelled S-E-Q-U-O-I-A.
Definition
- 1sehr hoher Nadelbaum mit weitem Stammdurchmesser, der sehr alt werden kann und im Westen Nordamerikas heimisch ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Sequoia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„So groß ist der Einfluß, den Sequoias auf den menschlichen Geist haben.“
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.