Serail
[zeˈʁaɪ̯]
The verdict
“Serail” is uncommon German (frequency #88,280 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,280
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sultanspalast, orientalisches Schloss
Corpus desk
Index DE-serail · Serail · German
Serail · rank #88,280 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,280
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Sexshop
Nearest frequency peer: Sexshop (+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 „Serail“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Selbstlosig…
Selbstlosigkeit
11,725 corpus weight
- Selektivität
Selektivität
11,724 corpus weight
- Serail
Serail
11,721 corpus weight
- Sexshop
Sexshop
11,720 corpus weight
- Sexualtrieb
Sexualtrieb
11,719 corpus weight
- siebenhunde…
siebenhundert
11,717 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Serail“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Serail |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [zeˈʁaɪ̯] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #88,280 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Serail“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Serail is uncommon German at frequency #88,280 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [zeˈʁaɪ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sultanspalast, orientalisches Schloss".
Zero misspellings are on record for Serail in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Serail, spelled S-E-R-A-I-L.
Definition
- 1Sultanspalast, orientalisches Schloss
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Serail appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Topkapi-Serail in Istanbul war jahrhundertelang der Wohn- und Regierungssitz der Sultane sowie das Verwaltungszentrum des Osmanischen Reiches.
„Meine Mutter, überzeugt davon, daß man sich gar nicht genug gegen die Langeweile des Serails wappnen kann, sah mit Genugtuung, wie gern wir uns beschäftigten.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.
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