sichtbar
[ˈzɪçtbaːɐ̯]
The verdict
“sichtbar” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #2,918. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,918
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - dem Sehen zugänglich, mit den Augen wahrnehmbar
Corpus desk
Index DE-sichtbar · sichtbar · German
sichtbar · rank #2,918 · 13 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #2,918
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Schnee
Nearest frequency peer: Schnee (-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 “sichtbar”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Niedersachs…
Niedersachsen
97,086 corpus weight
- nimm
nimm
97,085 corpus weight
- Schnee
Schnee
97,084 corpus weight
- sichtbar
sichtbar
97,083 corpus weight
- späteren
späteren
97,082 corpus weight
- stieg
stieg
97,081 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “sichtbar” 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 | sichtbar |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈzɪçtbaːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #2,918 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “sichtbar” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around sichtbar (IPA [ˈzɪçtbaːɐ̯]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #2,918 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "dem Sehen zugänglich, mit den Augen wahrnehmbar".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for sichtbar, with forms such as "ischtbar", "scihtbar", and "sicchtbar". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "sichtbare", "sichtbaren", "sichtbarer", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is sichtbar, spelled S-I-C-H-T-B-A-R.
Definition
- 1dem Sehen zugänglich, mit den Augen wahrnehmbar
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sichtbar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Milben sind so klein, dass sie für das menschliche Auge nicht sichtbar sind.
„Die Beobachtungen unterstützen die Theorie, wonach der Großteil des Universums aus unsichtbarer dunkler Materie besteht, die durch Beobachtung ihrer Gravitationskraft auf sichtbare Materie entdeckt wurde.“
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ischtbar
- scihtbar
- sicchtbar
- sichbtar
- sichhtbar
- sichtabr
- sichtbarr
- sichtbbar
- sichtbra
- sichttbar
- sicthbar
- sihctbar
- ssichtbar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sichtbar - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sichtbar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "sichtbar". Here's where to go from here.
- "sichtbar" maps to 4 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "sichtbare". View pair
- 13 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #2,918 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.