Silbendauer
[ˈzɪlbn̩ˌdaʊ̯ɐ]
The verdict
“Silbendauer” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Linguistik, speziell Phonetik: Dauer (zeitliche Länge) einer Silbe
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Silbendauer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈzɪlbn̩ˌdaʊ̯ɐ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Silbendauer” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Silbendauer is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈzɪlbn̩ˌdaʊ̯ɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Silbendauer has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Silbendauer, spelled S-I-L-B-E-N-D-A-U-E-R.
Definition
- 1Linguistik, speziell Phonetik: Dauer (zeitliche Länge) einer Silbe
- 2durch die Zahl der Moren bestimmte Quantität der Silbe
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.
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Using “Silbendauer”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-I-L-B-E-N-D-A-U-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈzɪlbn̩ˌdaʊ̯ɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.