sichtbar

/[ˈzɪçtbaːɐ̯]/ adj

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,918

in German word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

sichtbar is anGermanadj. It means: dem Sehen zugänglich, mit den Augen wahrnehmbar Pronounced [ˈzɪçtbaːɐ̯]. It ranks #2,918 in German word frequency. Often confused with sichtbare and sichtbaren.

Key facts for sichtbar
PropertyValue
Headwordsichtbar
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈzɪçtbaːɐ̯]
Letters8
Frequency rank#2,918
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for sichtbar is 8 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈzɪçtbaːɐ̯]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,918 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "dem Sehen zugänglich, mit den Augen wahrnehmbar".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for sichtbar, with forms such as "ischtbar", "scihtbar", and "sicchtbar". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "sichtbare", "sichtbaren", "sichtbarer", 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 sichtbar, spelled S-I-C-H-T-B-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    dem Sehen zugänglich, mit den Augen wahrnehmbar

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ischtbar,scihtbar,sicchtbar,sichbtar,sichhtbar,sichtabr,sichtbarr,sichtbbar,sichtbra,sichttbar,sicthbar,sihctbar,ssichtbar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for sichtbar

Misspelling Variants of "sichtbar"

ischtbar8scihtbar8sicchtbar9sichbtar8sichhtbar9sichtabr8sichtbarr9sichtbbar9
Misspelling Variants of "sichtbar"

Frequency rank: #2,918 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sichtbar"?
"sichtbar" is spelled S-I-C-H-T-B-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈzɪçtbaːɐ̯].
What does "sichtbar" mean?
As an adj, "sichtbar" means: dem Sehen zugänglich, mit den Augen wahrnehmbar
What words are commonly confused with "sichtbar"?
"sichtbar" is commonly confused with "sichtbare", "sichtbaren", "sichtbarer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sichtbar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sichtbar" is [ˈzɪçtbaːɐ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sichtbar" come from?
"sichtbar" 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.