Sitten

/[ˈzɪtn̩]/ name

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#14,670

in German word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Sitten is aGermanname. It means: Hauptort des Kantons Wallis Pronounced [ˈzɪtn̩]. Often confused with Sitze and sitzen.

Key facts for Sitten
PropertyValue
HeadwordSitten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechName
IPA[ˈzɪtn̩]
Letters6
Frequency rank#14,670
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Sitten in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Sitten is 6 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈzɪtn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #14,670 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Hauptort des Kantons Wallis".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for Sitten, with forms such as "istten", "siten", and "sitetn". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Sitze", "sitzen", "Sorten", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Sitten, spelled S-I-T-T-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hauptort des Kantons Wallis

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: istten,siten,sitetn,sittenn,sittne,ssitten,stiten

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Sitten

Misspelling Variants of "Sitten"

istten6siten5sitetn6sittenn7sittne6ssitten7stiten6
Misspelling Variants of "Sitten"

Frequency rank: #14,670 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Sitten"?
"Sitten" is spelled S-I-T-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈzɪtn̩].
What does "Sitten" mean?
As a name, "Sitten" means: Hauptort des Kantons Wallis
What words are commonly confused with "Sitten"?
"Sitten" is commonly confused with "Sitze", "sitzen", "Sorten". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Sitten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Sitten" is [ˈzɪtn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Sitten" come from?
"Sitten" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.