siemens
/ˈsiːmənz/
"siemens" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“siemens” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #18,954. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #18,954
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical conductance; the electric conductance in a body that has a resistance of one ohm.
Corpus desk
Index EN-siemens · siemens · English
siemens · rank #18,954 · 10 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #18,954
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH shrugged
Nearest frequency peer: shrugged (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “siemens”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
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81,050 corpus weight
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81,049 corpus weight
- shrugged
shrugged
81,048 corpus weight
- siemens
siemens
81,047 corpus weight
- slogans
slogans
81,045 corpus weight
- smoky
smoky
81,044 corpus weight
What this shows “siemens” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | siemens |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsiːmənz/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #18,954 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “siemens”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around siemens (IPA /ˈsiːmənz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,954 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical conductance; the electric conductance in a body that has a resistance of one ohm.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for siemens, with forms such as "isemens", "seimens", and "sieemns". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Simons", "Stevens", "Simmons", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Named after the German inventor Werner von Siemens. The correct English form is siemens, spelled S-I-E-M-E-N-S.
Definition
- 1In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical conductance; the electric conductance in a body that has a resistance of one ohm.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how siemens appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Near-synonyms: mho, ℧
Etymology
Named after the German inventor Werner von Siemens.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- isemens
- seimens
- sieemns
- siemenns
- siemenss
- siemesn
- siemmens
- siemnes
- simeens
- ssiemens
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of siemens - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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