setzt

/[zɛt͡st]/ verb

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#844

in German word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

setzt is aGermanverb. It means: 2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs setzen Pronounced [zɛt͡st]. It ranks #844 in German word frequency. Often confused with Sitz and sitzt.

Key facts for setzt
PropertyValue
Headwordsetzt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[zɛt͡st]
Letters5
Frequency rank#844
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for setzt is 5 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [zɛt͡st]. Corpus data places it at rank #844 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for setzt, with forms such as "estzt", "settz", and "settzt". 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 also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Sitz", "sitzt", "Sitze", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 setzt, spelled S-E-T-Z-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs setzen
  2. 2
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs setzen
  3. 3
    2. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs setzen
  4. 4
    2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs setzen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: estzt,settz,settzt,setztt,setzzt,seztt,ssetzt,stezt

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for setzt

Misspelling Variants of "setzt"

estzt5settz5settzt6setztt6setzzt6seztt5ssetzt6stezt5
Misspelling Variants of "setzt"

Frequency rank: #844 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "setzt"?
"setzt" is spelled S-E-T-Z-T. The IPA pronunciation is [zɛt͡st].
What does "setzt" mean?
As a verb, "setzt" means: 2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs setzen
What words are commonly confused with "setzt"?
"setzt" is commonly confused with "Sitz", "sitzt", "Sitze". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "setzt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "setzt" is [zɛt͡st]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "setzt" come from?
"setzt" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter S in our German index:

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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.