Sessellift

[ˈzɛsl̩ˌlɪft]

/[ˈzɛsl̩ˌlɪft]/ noun

The verdict

“Sessellift” is uncommon German (frequency #76,165 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,165
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Seilbahn, bei der Personen in offenen Sitzen (ohne Wetterschutz) befördert werden

Corpus desk

Index DE-sessellift · Sessellift · German

Sessellift · rank #76,165 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #76,165
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH seriellen

Nearest frequency peer: seriellen (-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 „Sessellift“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Sessellift
PropertyValue
HeadwordSessellift
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈzɛsl̩ˌlɪft]
Letters10
Frequency rank#76,165
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Sessellift“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Sesselliftfällt 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: „seriellen“ (#76,164), „Sexualstraftaten“ (#76,167), „selektiver“ (#76,161). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Sessellift“ bei #76,165. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Sessellift is uncommon German at frequency #76,165 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈzɛsl̩ˌlɪft]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Seilbahn, bei der Personen in offenen Sitzen (ohne Wetterschutz) befördert werden".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Sessellift, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. 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 its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Sessellift, spelled S-E-S-S-E-L-L-I-F-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Seilbahn, bei der Personen in offenen Sitzen (ohne Wetterschutz) befördert werden

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Damit ich aber einen guten Eindruck von Cochem erhalte, würden wir nach dem Gottesdienst mit dem Sessellift hinauf auf die Höhe über Cochem fahren.“
  2. „Gemeinsam fuhren sie mit dem Sessellift zu einem Trainingshang, der den Rennfahrerinnen zum Aufwärmen dient.“

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Sessellift"?
"Sessellift" is spelled S-E-S-S-E-L-L-I-F-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈzɛsl̩ˌlɪft].
What does "Sessellift" mean?
As a noun, "Sessellift" means: Seilbahn, bei der Personen in offenen Sitzen (ohne Wetterschutz) befördert werden
How do you pronounce "Sessellift"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Sessellift" is [ˈzɛsl̩ˌlɪft]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Sessellift" come from?
"Sessellift" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list