Simsalabim
[zɪmzalaˈbɪm]
The verdict
“Simsalabim” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Formel, die beim Zaubern gesprochen wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-simsalabim · Simsalabim · German
Simsalabim · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Simsalabim |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [zɪmzalaˈbɪm] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Simsalabim“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Simsalabim is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [zɪmzalaˈbɪm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Simsalabim, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 Simsalabim, spelled S-I-M-S-A-L-A-B-I-M.
Definition
- 1Formel, die beim Zaubern gesprochen wird
- 2mit dem Ziel der Täuschung durchgeführte Handlung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Simsalabim appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mit Simsalabim ließ der Zauberer das Kaninchen verschwinden.
„Vielmehr gebe es separate Mechanismen der Wahrnehmung, die durch das Simsalabim gründlich manipuliert werden, glauben die Hirnforscher.“
Synonyms
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.