Sidon
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The verdict
“Sidon” is uncommon German (frequency #92,220 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,220
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Stadt im Libanon
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sidon |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #92,220 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Sidon” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Sidon is uncommon German at frequency #92,220 among 107,600 “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
- 1Stadt im Libanon
This word in other languages
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 “Sidon”
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- The one correct German spelling is S-I-D-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.