Sidon

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The verdict

“Sidon” is uncommon German (frequency #92,220 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,220
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Stadt im Libanon

Corpus desk

Index DE-sidon · Sidon · German

Sidon · rank #92,220 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,220
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Sexualerziehu…

Nearest frequency peer: Sexualerziehung (-3 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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Sidon“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Sidon“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Sidon
PropertyValue
HeadwordSidon
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[…]
Letters5
Frequency rank#92,220
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Sidon“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Sidonfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Sexualerziehung“ (#92,217), „Skipiste“ (#92,224), „serienreife“ (#92,215). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Sidon“ bei #92,220. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Sidon is uncommon German at frequency #92,220 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Stadt im Libanon".

Zero misspellings are on record for Sidon in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 Sidon, spelled S-I-D-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Stadt im Libanon

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Sidon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Indem sie sich ihre letzten Brotkrumen einteilten, schafften sie es in die libanesische Küstenstadt Sidon und gingen von da aus nach Homs in Syrien.“
  2. „Muhammad Zgheib wird im Libanon als Märtyrer und Nationalheld verehrt, 1956 wurde ein Stützpunkt der libanesischen Armee in der südlichen Küstenstadt Sidon nach ihm benannt.“

This word in other languages

Sidon(English)Sidon(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Sidon"?
"Sidon" is spelled S-I-D-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Sidon" mean?
As a proper noun, "Sidon" means: Stadt im Libanon
How do you pronounce "Sidon"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Sidon" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Sidon", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

senza#92,214stola#92,264Satyr#92,168säume#92,285

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list