Silikon

Name: Silikon, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ziliˈkoːn]

/[ziliˈkoːn]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“Silikon” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #27,491. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,491
frequency rank, German: 8,027
“S” headwords: 10
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aus Silicium hergestellter dauerelastischer Kunststoff

Corpus desk

Index DE-silikon · Silikon · German

Silikon · rank #27,491 · 10 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-MID #27,491
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-MID 10 variants
BOOK-DENSE 8,027
PHOTO-FINISH Siebenbürgen

Nearest frequency peer: Siebenbürgen (-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.

Showdown

72,513
sick

72,512
Siebenbürgen

72,511
Silikon

72,510
Sindelfingen

72,509
sole

72,508

What this shows „Silikon“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Silikon vs silicon

71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Silikon
Property	Value
Headword	Silikon
Language	German
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[ziliˈkoːn]
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#27,491
Misspellings tracked	10
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Silikon“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Silikonliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#27,491

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Siebenbürgen“ (#27,490), „Sindelfingen“ (#27,492), „sick“ (#27,489). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Silikon“ bei #27,491. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around Silikon (IPA [ziliˈkoːn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,491 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "aus Silicium hergestellter dauerelastischer Kunststoff".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Silikon, with forms such as "islikon", "siilkon", and "silikkon". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "silicon", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Silikon, spelled S-I-L-I-K-O-N.

Definition

1
aus Silicium hergestellter dauerelastischer Kunststoff

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Silikon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

„Die Bezeichnung „Silikone“ wurde Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts von dem englischen Chemiker Frederic Stanley Kipping (1863–1949) eingeführt.“

Synonyms

Kunststoff Plastik Plast Plaste

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

islikon
siilkon
silikkon
silikno
silikonn
siliokn
silkion
sillikon
sliikon
ssilikon

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Silikon - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "Silikon"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Silikon"?

"Silikon" is spelled S-I-L-I-K-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ziliˈkoːn].

What does "Silikon" mean?

As a noun, "Silikon" means: aus Silicium hergestellter dauerelastischer Kunststoff

What words are commonly confused with "Silikon"?

"Silikon" is commonly confused with "silicon". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "Silikon"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Silikon" is [ziliˈkoːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "Silikon" come from?

"Silikon" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Silikon", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

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