Seyfried

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The verdict

“Seyfried” is uncommon German (frequency #65,682 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,682
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - deutschsprachiger Familienname, Nachname

Corpus desk

Index DE-seyfried · Seyfried · German

Seyfried · rank #65,682 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,682
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Serial

Nearest frequency peer: Serial (-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 „Seyfried“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Seyfried
PropertyValue
HeadwordSeyfried
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[…]
Letters8
Frequency rank#65,682
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Seyfried“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Seyfriedfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Serial“ (#65,681), „seinetwegen“ (#65,680), „Siebenbürger“ (#65,684). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Seyfried“ bei #65,682. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Seyfried is uncommon German at frequency #65,682 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "deutschsprachiger Familienname, Nachname".

Zero misspellings are on record for Seyfried in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Seyfried, spelled S-E-Y-F-R-I-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    deutschsprachiger Familienname, Nachname

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Frau Seyfried ist ein Genie im Verkauf.
  2. Herr Seyfried wollte uns kein Interview geben.

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 "Seyfried"?
"Seyfried" is spelled S-E-Y-F-R-I-E-D. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Seyfried" mean?
As a proper noun, "Seyfried" means: deutschsprachiger Familienname, Nachname
How do you pronounce "Seyfried"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Seyfried" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Seyfried" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Schwenke#65,667sperrten#65,702Schneise#65,657sauberem#65,646

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list