soixante
[swasɑ̃t]
The verdict
“soixante” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a numeral. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sechzig
Corpus desk
Index DE-soixante · soixante · German
soixante · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | soixante |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Numeral |
| IPA | [swasɑ̃t] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „soixante“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
soixante is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anumeral, transcribed [swasɑ̃t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sechzig".
soixante doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is soixante, spelled S-O-I-X-A-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1sechzig
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how soixante appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il y a soixante secondes dans une minute.
This word in other languages
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