Sonnensegel
[ˈzɔnənˌzeːɡl̩]
The verdict
“Sonnensegel” is uncommon German (frequency #70,817 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,817
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Stoffdach, welches aufgespannt, gegen die Sonnenstrahlen schützt
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sonnensegel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈzɔnənˌzeːɡl̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #70,817 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Sonnensegel” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Sonnensegel is uncommon German at frequency #70,817 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈzɔnənˌzeːɡl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Sonnensegel, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Sonnensegel, spelled S-O-N-N-E-N-S-E-G-E-L.
Definition
- 1Stoffdach, welches aufgespannt, gegen die Sonnenstrahlen schützt
- 2Solarmodul bei Satelliten, Raumfahrzeugen oder -stationen, welches im All Energie gewinnt
- 3Fläche in Form eines Segels, welches die von der Sonne abgegebene Energie gewinnt und nutzt
- 4Segel, welches durch den Strahlungsdruck der Sonne ein Raumschiff im All antreibt
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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.
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Using “Sonnensegel”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-O-N-N-E-N-S-E-G-E-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.