Siesta

[ˈzi̯ɛsta]

/[ˈzi̯ɛsta]/ noun

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The verdict

“Siesta” is uncommon German (frequency #61,933 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,933
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ruhepause, vor allem zur Mittagszeit

Corpus desk

Index DE-siesta · Siesta · German

Siesta · rank #61,933 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,933
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Sitzgruppe

Nearest frequency peer: Sitzgruppe (+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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Siesta“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Siesta
PropertyValue
HeadwordSiesta
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈzi̯ɛsta]
Letters6
Frequency rank#61,933
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Siesta“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Siestafällt 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: „Sitzgruppe“ (#61,934), „Sicherheitsfragen“ (#61,931), „Skiverband“ (#61,935). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Siesta“ bei #61,933. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Siesta is uncommon German at frequency #61,933 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈzi̯ɛsta]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ruhepause, vor allem zur Mittagszeit".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Siesta, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Siesta, spelled S-I-E-S-T-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ruhepause, vor allem zur Mittagszeit

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Dort war es sehr ruhig, weil die Angestellten zum Mittagsmahl nach Hause gegangen waren, während Ortega in seinem Schreibtischsessel saß und mit hochgelegten Beinen eine kleine Siesta hielt.“
  2. „Auch der Ausrufung der Republik und der Loslösung von Spanien im Jahr 1640 kann nicht mehr, wie es der Tradition entspricht, mit Familienfesten und einer größeren Siesta gedacht werden.“

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 "Siesta"?
"Siesta" is spelled S-I-E-S-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈzi̯ɛsta].
What does "Siesta" mean?
As a noun, "Siesta" means: Ruhepause, vor allem zur Mittagszeit
How do you pronounce "Siesta"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Siesta" is [ˈzi̯ɛsta]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Siesta" come from?
"Siesta" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Skopje#61,936stinke#61,958Schoki#61,907stroke#61,966

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list