Sicht
[zɪçt]
The verdict
“Sicht” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #1,189. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,189
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das, was man von einem bestimmten Punkt aus sehen kann
Corpus desk
Index DE-sicht · Sicht · German
Sicht · rank #1,189 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,189
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH schneller
Nearest frequency peer: schneller (-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 “Sicht”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- mm
mm
98,815 corpus weight
- schneller
schneller
98,813 corpus weight
- Sicht
Sicht
98,812 corpus weight
- Zeitpunkt
Zeitpunkt
98,811 corpus weight
- Anzahl
Anzahl
98,810 corpus weight
- Baden
Baden
98,809 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Sicht” 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 | Sicht |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [zɪçt] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #1,189 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Sicht” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Sicht (IPA [zɪçt]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,189 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Sicht, with forms such as "ischt", "sciht", and "siccht". 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. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sit", "such", "sieh", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Sicht, spelled S-I-C-H-T.
Definition
- 1das, was man von einem bestimmten Punkt aus sehen kann
- 2Perspektive, persönliche Einstellung oder Wahrnehmung
- 3Dauer, Frist
- 4eine virtuelle Tabelle in einem Datenbanksystem
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Sicht appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Von diesem Standort aus hat man eine hervorragende Sicht in die Landschaft.
„Dafür kann man weit gucken, zwar nicht bis zum Horizont, aber nichts stört die Sicht bis zur nächsten Schneewehe.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ischt
- sciht
- siccht
- sichht
- sichtt
- sicth
- sihct
- ssicht
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Sicht - 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.
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 3, 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 "Sicht", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Sicht". Here's where to go from here.
- "Sicht" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "sit". View pair
- 8 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #1,189 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "S" letter cohort. S–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.