Sommer

/[ˈzɔmɐ]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#723

in German word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

Sommer is aGermannoun. It means: wärmste Jahreszeit, liegt zwischen Frühling und Herbst, meteorologisch vom 1. Juni bis 31. August Pronounced [ˈzɔmɐ]. It ranks #723 in German word frequency. Often confused with Summe and summen.

Key facts for Sommer
PropertyValue
HeadwordSommer
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈzɔmɐ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#723
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Sommer is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈzɔmɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #723 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 2 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 Sommer, with forms such as "osmmer", "smomer", and "somemr". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "Summe", "summen", "summer", 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 Sommer, spelled S-O-M-M-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    wärmste Jahreszeit, liegt zwischen Frühling und Herbst, meteorologisch vom 1. Juni bis 31. August
  2. 2
    astronomische Jahreszeit vom Sommeranfang (Sommersonnenwende) bis zum Herbstanfang (Herbst-Tagundnachtgleiche)

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: osmmer,smomer,somemr,somer,sommerr,sommre,ssommer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Sommer

Misspelling Variants of "Sommer"

osmmer6smomer6somemr6somer5sommerr7sommre6ssommer7
Misspelling Variants of "Sommer"

Frequency rank: #723 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Sommer"?
"Sommer" is spelled S-O-M-M-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈzɔmɐ].
What does "Sommer" mean?
As a noun, "Sommer" means: wärmste Jahreszeit, liegt zwischen Frühling und Herbst, meteorologisch vom 1. Juni bis 31. August
What words are commonly confused with "Sommer"?
"Sommer" is commonly confused with "Summe", "summen", "summer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Sommer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Sommer" is [ˈzɔmɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Sommer" come from?
"Sommer" 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.