sheet

[ʃiːt]

/[ʃiːt]/ noun

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The verdict

“sheet” is uncommon German (frequency #54,074 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,074
frequency rank, German
107,600
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - großes dünnes Tuch zum Bedecken einer Matratze oder eines Menschen im Bett; Laken

Key facts for sheet
PropertyValue
Headwordsheet
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʃiːt]
Letters5
Frequency rank#54,074
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “sheet” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). sheet lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sheet is uncommon German at frequency #54,074 among 107,600 “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

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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Using “sheet”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is S-H-E-E-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ʃiːt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Other uncommon German words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list