Silvester

[zɪlˈvɛstɐ]

/[zɪlˈvɛstɐ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Silvester” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #8,278. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,278
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der letzte Tag des Jahres und des Kalenderjahres, der 31. Dezember

Corpus desk

Index DE-silvester · Silvester · German

Silvester · rank #8,278 · 14 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,278
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH sexuell

Nearest frequency peer: sexuell (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Silvester“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

Silvester vs Sylvester
89% similar

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

Key facts for Silvester
PropertyValue
HeadwordSilvester
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[zɪlˈvɛstɐ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#8,278
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Silvester“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Silvesterliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „sexuell“ (#8,277), „Spannungen“ (#8,279), „Senior“ (#8,276). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Silvester“ bei #8,278. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around Silvester (IPA [zɪlˈvɛstɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,278 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "der letzte Tag des Jahres und des Kalenderjahres, der 31. Dezember".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Silvester, with forms such as "islvester", "silevster", and "sillvester". 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, "Sylvester", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Silvester, spelled S-I-L-V-E-S-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    der letzte Tag des Jahres und des Kalenderjahres, der 31. Dezember

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Zu Silvester werden viele Feuerwerkskörper verschossen.
  2. „Mein erstes Silvester in Berlin war das Millennium.“

Synonyms

AltjahrsabendAltjahrstagAltjahrestag

This word in other languages

New Year's Eve(English)Nochevieja(Español)réveillon(Français)réveillon(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • islvester
  • silevster
  • sillvester
  • silvesetr
  • silvesster
  • silvesterr
  • silvestre
  • silvestter
  • silvetser
  • silvseter
  • silvvester
  • sivlester
  • slivester
  • ssilvester

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Silvester - 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.

islvester2silevster2sillvester1silvesetr2silvesster1silvesterr1silvestre2silvestter1
Edit distance from "Silvester"

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 "Silvester"?
"Silvester" is spelled S-I-L-V-E-S-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [zɪlˈvɛstɐ].
What does "Silvester" mean?
As a noun, "Silvester" means: der letzte Tag des Jahres und des Kalenderjahres, der 31. Dezember
What words are commonly confused with "Silvester"?
"Silvester" is commonly confused with "Sylvester". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Silvester"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Silvester" is [zɪlˈvɛstɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Silvester" come from?
"Silvester" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

steigende#8,283umfassend#8,297verbietet#8,303ähnlicher#8,314

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

Spannungen14 variantsverringert14 variantsabgerissen14 variantsjeglicher14 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list