sichert

/[ˈzɪçɐt]/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,626

in German word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

sichert is aGermanverb. It means: 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs sichern Pronounced [ˈzɪçɐt]. It ranks #8,626 in German word frequency. Often confused with Sicht and Sucher.

Key facts for sichert
PropertyValue
Headwordsichert
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈzɪçɐt]
Letters7
Frequency rank#8,626
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of sichert in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for sichert is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈzɪçɐt]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,626 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for sichert, with forms such as "ischert", "scihert", and "sicchert". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Sicht", "Sucher", "sicherte", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is sichert, spelled S-I-C-H-E-R-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs sichern
  2. 2
    2. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs sichern
  3. 3
    2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs sichern

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ischert,scihert,sicchert,sicehrt,sicherrt,sichertt,sichetr,sichhert,sichret,sihcert,ssichert

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for sichert

Misspelling Variants of "sichert"

ischert7scihert7sicchert8sicehrt7sicherrt8sichertt8sichetr7sichhert8
Misspelling Variants of "sichert"

Frequency rank: #8,626 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sichert"?
"sichert" is spelled S-I-C-H-E-R-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈzɪçɐt].
What does "sichert" mean?
As a verb, "sichert" means: 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs sichern
What words are commonly confused with "sichert"?
"sichert" is commonly confused with "Sicht", "Sucher", "sicherte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sichert"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sichert" is [ˈzɪçɐt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sichert" come from?
"sichert" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.