Silt
[zɪlt]
The verdict
“Silt” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bodenart, die zu mindestens 95 % aus Teilchen mit einem Korndurchmesser von 0,06 bis 0,002 mm besteht
Corpus desk
Index DE-silt · Silt · German
Silt · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- 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 | Silt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [zɪlt] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Silt“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Silt is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [zɪlt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bodenart, die zu mindestens 95 % aus Teilchen mit einem Korndurchmesser von 0,06 bis 0,002 mm besteht".
Zero misspellings are on record for Silt in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Silt, spelled S-I-L-T.
Definition
- 1Bodenart, die zu mindestens 95 % aus Teilchen mit einem Korndurchmesser von 0,06 bis 0,002 mm besteht
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Silt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Böden, die zu gleichen Teilen aus Sand, Silt und Ton bestehen, nennt man Lehme.
Synonyms
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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.