siehst

/[ziːst]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,903

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

16

similar word pairs

siehst is aGermanverb. It means: 2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs sehen Pronounced [ziːst]. It ranks #1,903 in German word frequency. Often confused with sies and steht.

Key facts for siehst
PropertyValue
Headwordsiehst
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ziːst]
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,903
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for siehst is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ziːst]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,903 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs sehen".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for siehst, with forms such as "isehst", "seihst", and "siehhst". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "sies", "steht", "sieht", 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 siehst, spelled S-I-E-H-S-T, 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 Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs sehen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: isehst,seihst,siehhst,siehsst,siehstt,siehts,siesht,sihest,ssiehst

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for siehst

Misspelling Variants of "siehst"

isehst6seihst6siehhst7siehsst7siehstt7siehts6siesht6sihest6
Misspelling Variants of "siehst"

Frequency rank: #1,903 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

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