Seele

\ˈzeːlə\

/\ˈzeːlə\/ noun

The verdict

“Seele” is uncommon French (frequency #97,419 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#97,419
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Âme.

Corpus desk

Index FR-seele · Seele · French

Seele · rank #97,419 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #97,419
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH secourable

Nearest frequency peer: secourable (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « Seele »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Seele » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Seele
PropertyValue
HeadwordSeele
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈzeːlə\
Letters5
Frequency rank#97,419
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Seele » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Seeletombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « secourable » (#97,418), « sees » (#97,420), « scoreur » (#97,417). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « Seele » est au #97,419. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Seele is uncommon French at frequency #97,419 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈzeːlə\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Âme.".

Seele has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Seele, spelled S-E-E-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Âme.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Seele appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Er hat seine Seele dem Teufel verkauft.
  2. Die Wirklichkeit ist das, was Putin gesagt hat und was die guten Seelen im Westen so dermaßen schockiert: Der Mord an Anna Politkowskaja und das ganze Heckmeck, das darum gemacht wird, schaden dem Kreml doch viel mehr als die Artikel, die sie zu Lebzeiten in ihrer Zeitung geschrieben und die keiner gelesen hat.

Synonyms

Antonyms

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Seele"?
"Seele" is spelled S-E-E-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈzeːlə\.
What does "Seele" mean?
As a noun, "Seele" means: Âme.
How do you pronounce "Seele"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Seele" is \ˈzeːlə\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Seele" come from?
"Seele" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Seele", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list