Sigel
[ˈziːɡl̩]
The verdict
“Sigel” is uncommon German (frequency #82,139 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,139
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - konventionelles graphisches Zeichen, das für eine Silbe, ein Wort oder eine Wortgruppe steht und auch entsprechend gesprochen wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-sigel · Sigel · German
Sigel · rank #82,139 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,139
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH siebenter
Nearest frequency peer: siebenter (-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 „Sigel“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Siebdruck
Siebdruck
17,864 corpus weight
- siebenter
siebenter
17,863 corpus weight
- Sigel
Sigel
17,862 corpus weight
- silbernem
silbernem
17,861 corpus weight
- silbrig
silbrig
17,860 corpus weight
- sinke
sinke
17,859 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Sigel“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sigel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈziːɡl̩] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #82,139 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Sigel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Sigel is uncommon German at frequency #82,139 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈziːɡl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "konventionelles graphisches Zeichen, das für eine Silbe, ein Wort oder eine Wortgruppe steht und auch entsprechend gesprochen wird".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Sigel, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Sigel, spelled S-I-G-E-L.
Definition
- 1konventionelles graphisches Zeichen, das für eine Silbe, ein Wort oder eine Wortgruppe steht und auch entsprechend gesprochen wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Sigel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"&" (für "und"), "§" (für "Paragraph") sind Sigel.
Sigel sind graphische Zeichen, die vor allem der Abkürzung dienen.
Antonyms
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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