Sitze

/[ˈzɪt͡sə]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,791

in German word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Sitze is aGermannoun. It means: Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Sitz Pronounced [ˈzɪt͡sə]. It ranks #2,791 in German word frequency. Often confused with ste and size.

Key facts for Sitze
PropertyValue
HeadwordSitze
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈzɪt͡sə]
Letters5
Frequency rank#2,791
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Sitze is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈzɪt͡sə]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,791 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for Sitze, with forms such as "istze", "sitez", and "sittze". 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, "ste", "size", "sitzt", 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 Sitze, spelled S-I-T-Z-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Sitz
  2. 2
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Sitz
  3. 3
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Sitz
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Sitz

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: istze,sitez,sittze,sitzze,sizte,ssitze,stize

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Sitze

Misspelling Variants of "Sitze"

istze5sitez5sittze6sitzze6sizte5ssitze6stize5
Misspelling Variants of "Sitze"

Frequency rank: #2,791 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Sitze"?
"Sitze" is spelled S-I-T-Z-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈzɪt͡sə].
What does "Sitze" mean?
As a noun, "Sitze" means: Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Sitz
What words are commonly confused with "Sitze"?
"Sitze" is commonly confused with "ste", "size", "sitzt". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Sitze"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Sitze" is [ˈzɪt͡sə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Sitze" come from?
"Sitze" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter S in our German index:

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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.