System

/[zʏsˈteːm]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#677

in German word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

System is aGermannoun. It means: eine sich abgrenzende/nicht-abgrenzende, auf kausaler/nicht-kausaler Ebene korrelierende Struktur, die eine Gesamtheit beziehungsweise eine finite/infinite „Menge“ von Objekten einbezieht; ein defi... Pronounced [zʏsˈteːm]. It ranks #677 in German word frequency. Often confused with Systems and Systemen.

Key facts for System
PropertyValue
HeadwordSystem
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[zʏsˈteːm]
Letters6
Frequency rank#677
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for System is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [zʏsˈteːm]. Corpus data places it at rank #677 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for System, with forms such as "ssystem", "ssytem", and "sysetm". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Systems", "Systemen", "sister", 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 System, spelled S-Y-S-T-E-M, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine sich abgrenzende/nicht-abgrenzende, auf kausaler/nicht-kausaler Ebene korrelierende Struktur, die eine Gesamtheit beziehungsweise eine finite/infinite „Menge“ von Objekten einbezieht; ein definiertes Prinzip, das einer bestimmten Ordnung zugrunde liegt
  2. 2
    Gefüge, in sich zusammenhängende Gesamtheit mit einer bestimmten inneren Ordnung
  3. 3
    wissenschaftliches Schema mit sämtlichen Aussagen
  4. 4
    staatliche, wirtschaftliche, gesellschaftliche Organisation oder Regierungsform, die den verfassungsrechtlichen Bestimmungen des Staates entspricht
  5. 5
    Menge von Elementen, zwischen denen Beziehungen bestehen oder die nach bestimmten Regeln verwendet werden müssen/können
  6. 6
    Zusammenfassung in (Tier-, Pflanzen-) Gruppen

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ssystem,ssytem,sysetm,sysstem,systemm,systme,systtem,sytsem,syystem,ysstem

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for System

Misspelling Variants of "System"

ssystem7ssytem6sysetm6sysstem7systemm7systme6systtem7sytsem6
Misspelling Variants of "System"

Frequency rank: #677 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "System"?
"System" is spelled S-Y-S-T-E-M. The IPA pronunciation is [zʏsˈteːm].
What does "System" mean?
As a noun, "System" means: eine sich abgrenzende/nicht-abgrenzende, auf kausaler/nicht-kausaler Ebene korrelierende Struktur, die eine Gesamtheit beziehungsweise eine finite/infinite „Menge“ von Objekten einbezieht; ein defi...
What words are commonly confused with "System"?
"System" is commonly confused with "Systems", "Systemen", "sister". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "System"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "System" is [zʏsˈteːm]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "System" come from?
"System" 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.