Sitzfläche

[ˈzɪt͡sˌflɛçə]

/[ˈzɪt͡sˌflɛçə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Sitzfläche” is uncommon German (frequency #87,063 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,063
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - waagerechte Fläche eines Sitzmöbels

Corpus desk

Index DE-sitzflache · Sitzfläche · German

Sitzfläche · rank #87,063 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,063
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH sittlich

Nearest frequency peer: sittlich (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Sitzfläche“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Sitzfläche“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Sitzfläche
PropertyValue
HeadwordSitzfläche
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈzɪt͡sˌflɛçə]
Letters10
Frequency rank#87,063
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Sitzfläche“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Sitzflächefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „sittlich“ (#87,062), „sizilianische“ (#87,064), „sinnvollste“ (#87,061). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Sitzfläche“ bei #87,063. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Sitzfläche is uncommon German at frequency #87,063 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈzɪt͡sˌflɛçə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Sitzfläche, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Sitzfläche, spelled S-I-T-Z-F-L-Ä-C-H-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    waagerechte Fläche eines Sitzmöbels
  2. 2
    Gesäß

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Noch immer war in der gepolsterten Sitzfläche seines Schreibtischstuhls eine Mulde zu sehen.“

Synonyms

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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 "Sitzfläche"?
"Sitzfläche" is spelled S-I-T-Z-F-L-Ä-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈzɪt͡sˌflɛçə].
What does "Sitzfläche" mean?
As a noun, "Sitzfläche" means: waagerechte Fläche eines Sitzmöbels
How do you pronounce "Sitzfläche"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Sitzfläche" is [ˈzɪt͡sˌflɛçə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Sitzfläche" come from?
"Sitzfläche" 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 "Sitzfläche", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Sloweniens#87,070Schweizers#87,034spöttische#87,092staunenden#87,099

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list