sickert
[ˈzɪkɐt]
The verdict
“sickert” is uncommon German (frequency #62,853 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,853
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs sickern
Corpus desk
Index DE-sickert · sickert · German
sickert · rank #62,853 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,853
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 107,600
- PHOTO-FINISH Silhouetten
Nearest frequency peer: Silhouetten (+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 “sickert”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Sicherheits…
Sicherheitsgefühl
37,150 corpus weight
- sickert
sickert
37,148 corpus weight
- Silhouetten
Silhouetten
37,147 corpus weight
- sizilianisc…
sizilianischen
37,145 corpus weight
- skeptischen
skeptischen
37,144 corpus weight
- skeptischer
skeptischer
37,143 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “sickert” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sickert |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈzɪkɐt] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #62,853 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sickert” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
sickert is uncommon German at frequency #62,853 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈzɪkɐt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for sickert in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is sickert, spelled S-I-C-K-E-R-T.
Definition
- 12. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs sickern
- 23. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs sickern
- 32. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs sickern
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 "sickert", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.