Silhouette
[ziˈlʊ̯ɛtə]
The verdict
“Silhouette” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #23,706 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #23,706
- frequency rank, German
- 10
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine sich (dunkel) vom Hintergrund abhebende Kontur
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Silhouette |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ziˈlʊ̯ɛtə] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #23,706 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Silhouette” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Silhouette is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ziˈlʊ̯ɛtə]. Corpus data places it at rank #23,706 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Silhouette, with forms such as "islhouette", "sihlouette", and "silhhouette". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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 Silhouette, spelled S-I-L-H-O-U-E-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1eine sich (dunkel) vom Hintergrund abhebende Kontur
- 2Kontur, Umriss einer Fläche; eine von einer klaren Kontur umschlossene Fläche, die sich kontrastreich vom Hintergrund abhebt
- 3Linie des Umrisses; Form der Konturen
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: islhouette,sihlouette,silhhouette,silhoeutte,silhouete,silhouetet,silhoutete,silhuoette,sillhouette,silohuette,slihouette,ssilhouette
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Silhouette - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “Silhouette”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-I-L-H-O-U-E-T-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ziˈlʊ̯ɛtə] (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.