Silur
[ziluːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Silur” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die dritte Formation des Paläozoikums oder Erdaltertums von etwa 443,4 bis 419,2 Millionen Jahren, die zwischen dem Ordovizium und dem Devon liegt
Corpus desk
Index DE-silur · Silur · German
Silur · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | Silur |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ziluːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Silur“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Silur is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ziluːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die dritte Formation des Paläozoikums oder Erdaltertums von etwa 443,4 bis 419,2 Millionen Jahren, die zwischen dem Ordovizium und dem Devon liegt".
No misspelling variants are generated for Silur in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Silur, spelled S-I-L-U-R.
Definition
- 1die dritte Formation des Paläozoikums oder Erdaltertums von etwa 443,4 bis 419,2 Millionen Jahren, die zwischen dem Ordovizium und dem Devon liegt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Silur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Fauna des Silurs umfaßt schon über 10000 uns noch fremde Arten, darunter die ersten Ammoniten und Krebse … die ersten Insekten und Fische, Seelilien, Korallen, Spinnentiere …“
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.