Silage
[zɪˈlaːʒə]
The verdict
“Silage” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - durch Milchsäuregärung haltbar gemachtes Viehfutter
Corpus desk
Index DE-silage · Silage · German
Silage · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Silage |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [zɪˈlaːʒə] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Silage“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Silage is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [zɪˈlaːʒə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "durch Milchsäuregärung haltbar gemachtes Viehfutter".
Silage doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 Silage, spelled S-I-L-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1durch Milchsäuregärung haltbar gemachtes Viehfutter
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Silage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Im Winter werden die Tiere mit Heu und Silage gefüttert.
Synonyms
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.