sextus

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The verdict

“sextus” is uncommon German (frequency #85,844 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a numeral. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,844
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der/die/das Sechste

Corpus desk

Index DE-sextus · sextus · German

sextus · rank #85,844 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,844
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH sendest

Nearest frequency peer: sendest (-2 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 „sextus“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sextus
PropertyValue
Headwordsextus
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNumeral
IPA[…]
Letters6
Frequency rank#85,844
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „sextus“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).sextusfällt 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: „sendest“ (#85,842), „Shoppingcenter“ (#85,846), „Senates“ (#85,840). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „sextus“ bei #85,844. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sextus is uncommon German at frequency #85,844 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anumeral, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "der/die/das Sechste".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for sextus, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is sextus, spelled S-E-X-T-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    der/die/das Sechste

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „praedium quod primum siet, si me rogabis, sic dicam: de omnibus agris optimoque loco iugera agri centum, vinea est prima, vel si vino multo est; secundo loco hortus irriguus; tertio salictum; quarto oletum; quinto pratum; sexto campus frumentarius; septimo silva caedua; octavo arbustum; nono glandaria silva.“ (Cato agr. 1,7)

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 "sextus"?
"sextus" is spelled S-E-X-T-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "sextus" mean?
As a numeral, "sextus" means: der/die/das Sechste
How do you pronounce "sextus"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sextus" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sextus" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list