Sichtung
[ˈzɪçtʊŋ]
The verdict
“Sichtung” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #27,055. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,055
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - das Prüfen, um eine mögliche Entscheidung zu treffen
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 | Sichtung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈzɪçtʊŋ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #27,055 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Sichtung” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Sichtung (IPA [ˈzɪçtʊŋ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,055 among 107,600 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Sichtung, with forms such as "ischtung", "scihtung", and "sicchtung". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Schwung", "Sichten", "Sicherung", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Sichtung, spelled S-I-C-H-T-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1das Prüfen, um eine mögliche Entscheidung zu treffen
- 2das Auftauchen im Sichtbereich; das Sichten
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ischtung,scihtung,sicchtung,sichhtung,sichtnug,sichttung,sichtugn,sichtungg,sichtunng,sichutng,sicthung,sihctung,ssichtung
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Sichtung - 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 “Sichtung”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-I-C-H-T-U-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈzɪçtʊŋ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Schwung” - see the side-by-side comparison. Sichtung vs Schwung
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Same frequency band
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.