sévère
[se.vɛʁ]
The verdict
“sévère” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - streng
Corpus desk
Index DE-severe · sévère · German
sévère · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | sévère |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [se.vɛʁ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „sévère“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
sévère is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [se.vɛʁ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "streng".
No misspelling variants are generated for sévère in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is sévère, spelled S-É-V-È-R-E.
Definition
- 1streng
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