siehe

/[ˈziːə]/ verb

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#800

in German word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

siehe is aGermanverb. It means: 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs sehen Pronounced [ˈziːə]. It ranks #800 in German word frequency. Often confused with steh and site.

Key facts for siehe
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Headwordsiehe
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈziːə]
Letters5
Frequency rank#800
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for siehe is 5 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈziːə]. Corpus data places it at rank #800 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs sehen".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for siehe, with forms such as "isehe", "seihe", and "sieeh". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "steh", "site", "size", 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 siehe, spelled S-I-E-H-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs sehen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: isehe,seihe,sieeh,siehhe,sihee,ssiehe

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for siehe

Misspelling Variants of "siehe"

isehe5seihe5sieeh5siehhe6sihee5ssiehe6
Misspelling Variants of "siehe"

Frequency rank: #800 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "siehe"?
"siehe" is spelled S-I-E-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈziːə].
What does "siehe" mean?
As a verb, "siehe" means: 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs sehen
What words are commonly confused with "siehe"?
"siehe" is commonly confused with "steh", "site", "size". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "siehe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "siehe" is [ˈziːə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "siehe" come from?
"siehe" 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.