sicherheitshalber
[ˈzɪçɐhaɪ̯t͡sˌhalbɐ]
The verdict
“sicherheitshalber” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #27,934 in German word frequency and used as an adverb.
- #27,934
- frequency rank, German
- 17
- letters
- 27
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - zur Sicherheit, aus Vorsicht, um ganz sicher zu sein
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sicherheitshalber |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [ˈzɪçɐhaɪ̯t͡sˌhalbɐ] |
| Letters | 17 |
| Frequency rank | #27,934 |
| Misspellings tracked | 27 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sicherheitshalber” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for sicherheitshalber is 17 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈzɪçɐhaɪ̯t͡sˌhalbɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #27,934 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "zur Sicherheit, aus Vorsicht, um ganz sicher zu sein".
Our generated misspelling index lists 27 likely wrong-spelling variants for sicherheitshalber, with forms such as "ischerheitshalber", "sciherheitshalber", and "siccherheitshalber". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is sicherheitshalber, spelled S-I-C-H-E-R-H-E-I-T-S-H-A-L-B-E-R.
Definition
- 1zur Sicherheit, aus Vorsicht, um ganz sicher zu sein
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ischerheitshalber,sciherheitshalber,siccherheitshalber,sicehrheitshalber,sichehreitshalber,sicherehitshalber,sicherheisthalber,sicherheithsalber,sicherheitsahlber,sicherheitshabler,sicherheitshalbber,sicherheitshalberr,sicherheitshalbre,sicherheitshalebr,sicherheitshallber,sicherheitshhalber,sicherheitshlaber,sicherheitsshalber,sicherheittshalber,sicherhetishalber,sicherhheitshalber,sicherhietshalber,sicherrheitshalber,sichherheitshalber,sichreheitshalber,sihcerheitshalber,ssicherheitshalber
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sicherheitshalber - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Using “sicherheitshalber”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-I-C-H-E-R-H-E-I-T-S-H-A-L-B-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈzɪçɐhaɪ̯t͡sˌhalbɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.