sheet

[ʃiːt]

/[ʃiːt]/ noun

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The verdict

“sheet” is uncommon German (frequency #54,074 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,074
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - großes dünnes Tuch zum Bedecken einer Matratze oder eines Menschen im Bett; Laken

Corpus desk

Index DE-sheet · sheet · German

sheet · rank #54,074 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,074
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Serenade

Nearest frequency peer: Serenade (-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 „sheet“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sheet
PropertyValue
Headwordsheet
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʃiːt]
Letters5
Frequency rank#54,074
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „sheet“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).sheetfällt 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: „Serenade“ (#54,073), „shelter“ (#54,075), „sepsis“ (#54,072). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „sheet“ bei #54,074. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sheet is uncommon German at frequency #54,074 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʃiːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for sheet, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is sheet, spelled S-H-E-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    großes dünnes Tuch zum Bedecken einer Matratze oder eines Menschen im Bett; Laken
  2. 2
    rechteckiges Stück Papier; Bogen, Blatt
  3. 3
    flaches dünnes Teil; Platte
  4. 4
    große weite Fläche

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. She got up from the cot and let the sheet fall from her.
  2. I wrote on a sheet of paper.

Synonyms

bed sheetpaper

This word in other languages

drap(Français)

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 "sheet"?
"sheet" is spelled S-H-E-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃiːt].
What does "sheet" mean?
As a noun, "sheet" means: großes dünnes Tuch zum Bedecken einer Matratze oder eines Menschen im Bett; Laken
How do you pronounce "sheet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sheet" is [ʃiːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sheet" come from?
"sheet" 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 "sheet", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

seems#54,069simba#54,083sperr#54,095Samos#54,048

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list