sorgsam

/[ˈzɔʁkzaːm]/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#25,316

in German word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

sorgsam is anGermanadj. It means: mit großer Achtsamkeit und Sorgfalt Pronounced [ˈzɔʁkzaːm].

Key facts for sorgsam
PropertyValue
Headwordsorgsam
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈzɔʁkzaːm]
Letters7
Frequency rank#25,316
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for sorgsam is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈzɔʁkzaːm]. Corpus data places it at rank #25,316 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "mit großer Achtsamkeit und Sorgfalt".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for sorgsam, with forms such as "osrgsam", "sogrsam", and "sorgasm". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 sorgsam, spelled S-O-R-G-S-A-M, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    mit großer Achtsamkeit und Sorgfalt

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: osrgsam,sogrsam,sorgasm,sorggsam,sorgsamm,sorgsma,sorgssam,sorrgsam,sorsgam,srogsam,ssorgsam

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for sorgsam

Misspelling Variants of "sorgsam"

osrgsam7sogrsam7sorgasm7sorggsam8sorgsamm8sorgsma7sorgssam8sorrgsam8
Misspelling Variants of "sorgsam"

Frequency rank: #25,316 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sorgsam"?
"sorgsam" is spelled S-O-R-G-S-A-M. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈzɔʁkzaːm].
What does "sorgsam" mean?
As an adj, "sorgsam" means: mit großer Achtsamkeit und Sorgfalt
What are common misspellings of "sorgsam"?
Common misspellings include "osrgsam", "sogrsam", "sorgasm", "sorggsam", "sorgsamm". The correct spelling is "sorgsam".
How do you pronounce "sorgsam"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sorgsam" is [ˈzɔʁkzaːm]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sorgsam" come from?
"sorgsam" 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.