sixty
[ˈsɪksti]
The verdict
“sixty” is uncommon German (frequency #82,148 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a numeral. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,148
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Kardinalzahl zwischen neunundfünfzig und einundsechzig; sechzig
Corpus desk
Index DE-sixty · sixty · German
sixty · rank #82,148 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,148
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Sitznachbarn
Nearest frequency peer: Sitznachbarn (-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 „sixty“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Sitcoms
Sitcoms
17,856 corpus weight
- Sitter
Sitter
17,855 corpus weight
- Sitznachbarn
Sitznachbarn
17,854 corpus weight
- sixty
sixty
17,853 corpus weight
- Skisport
Skisport
17,852 corpus weight
- Sklavenhänd…
Sklavenhändler
17,851 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „sixty“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sixty |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Numeral |
| IPA | [ˈsɪksti] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #82,148 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „sixty“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
sixty is uncommon German at frequency #82,148 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anumeral, transcribed [ˈsɪksti]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Kardinalzahl zwischen neunundfünfzig und einundsechzig; sechzig".
No misspelling variants are generated for sixty in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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 documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is sixty, spelled S-I-X-T-Y.
Definition
- 1Kardinalzahl zwischen neunundfünfzig und einundsechzig; sechzig
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how sixty appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
My sister is sixty years old.
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.
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