sui generis

/[ˈzuːi ˈɡeːneʁɪs]/ phrase

Letters

11 characters

Language

German

word origin

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

sui generis is aGermanphrase. It means: einzigartig in seinen Eigenschaften, von einer eigenen Art Pronounced [ˈzuːi ˈɡeːneʁɪs].

Key facts for sui generis
PropertyValue
Headwordsui generis
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[ˈzuːi ˈɡeːneʁɪs]
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

sui generis is not present in the top-100,000 ranked German corpus, typical for technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary.

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for sui generis is 11 letters long, classified as aphrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈzuːi ˈɡeːneʁɪs]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "einzigartig in seinen Eigenschaften, von einer eigenen Art".

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for sui generis in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.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 sui generis, spelled S-U-I- -G-E-N-E-R-I-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    einzigartig in seinen Eigenschaften, von einer eigenen Art

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sui generis"?
"sui generis" is spelled S-U-I- -G-E-N-E-R-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈzuːi ˈɡeːneʁɪs].
What does "sui generis" mean?
As a phrase, "sui generis" means: einzigartig in seinen Eigenschaften, von einer eigenen Art
How do you pronounce "sui generis"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sui generis" is [ˈzuːi ˈɡeːneʁɪs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sui generis" come from?
"sui generis" 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.