Sigel
[ˈziːɡl̩]
The verdict
“Sigel” is an uncommon German word, ranked #82,139 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #82,139
- frequency rank, German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - konventionelles graphisches Zeichen, das für eine Silbe, ein Wort oder eine Wortgruppe steht und auch entsprechend gesprochen wird
| 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) |
Where “Sigel” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Sigel is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈziːɡl̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #82,139 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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
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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 “Sigel”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-I-G-E-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈziːɡl̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
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.