sicher
[ˈzɪçɐ]
The verdict
“sicher” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #270. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #270
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - vor Gefahren geschützt
Corpus desk
Index DE-sicher · sicher · German
sicher · rank #270 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #270
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH kannst
Nearest frequency peer: kannst (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “sicher”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- gab
gab
99,734 corpus weight
- kannst
kannst
99,732 corpus weight
- sicher
sicher
99,731 corpus weight
- E
E
99,730 corpus weight
- Frauen
Frauen
99,729 corpus weight
- ihrem
ihrem
99,728 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “sicher” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sicher |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈzɪçɐ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #270 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sicher” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around sicher (IPA [ˈzɪçɐ]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #270 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for sicher, with forms such as "ischer", "sciher", and "siccher". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Suche", "siehe", "Sicht", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is sicher, spelled S-I-C-H-E-R.
Definition
- 1vor Gefahren geschützt
- 2mit sehr hoher Wahrscheinlichkeit eintreffend
- 3selbstbewusst
- 4bestimmt, gewiss, unzweifelhaft
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sicher appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Drachenfliegen ist heute mindestens ebenso sicher wie Segelfliegen – dank enormer technischer Entwicklungen.“
Sie verstauten das Geld an einem sicheren Ort.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ischer
- sciher
- siccher
- sicehr
- sicherr
- sichher
- sichre
- sihcer
- ssicher
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sicher - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sicher", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).
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.