sehr

\zeːɐ̯\

/\zeːɐ̯\/ adv

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The verdict

“sehr” is uncommon French (frequency #86,169 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,169
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-sehr · sehr · French

sehr · rank #86,169 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,169
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sedes

Nearest frequency peer: sedes (-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 « sehr »

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 « sehr » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sehr
PropertyValue
Headwordsehr
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\zeːɐ̯\
Letters4
Frequency rank#86,169
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « sehr » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).sehrtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « sedes » (#86,168), « secrétairerie » (#86,167), « scripta » (#86,165). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sehr » est au #86,169. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sehr is uncommon French at frequency #86,169 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed \zeːɐ̯\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for sehr, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is sehr, spelled S-E-H-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Très.
  2. 2
    Beaucoup, fortement.
  3. 3
    apparaît dans diverses formules de politesse et d'appel.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Bärlauch ist aufgrund seiner würzigen Note ein sehr beliebtes Wildkraut. Regelmäßig kommt es aber zu tödlichen Verwechslungen.
  2. „Hier haben wir ein wunderschönes warmes Knallrot, wahrscheinlich der wärmste Farbton im Test (von Nagellacken). (...) Die Konsistenz ist sehr gut, auch der Pinsel sagt mir zu.“

Synonyms

ganzrechtschweräußerst

Antonyms

bisschenkaumwenig

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 "sehr"?
"sehr" is spelled S-E-H-R. The IPA pronunciation is \zeːɐ̯\.
What does "sehr" mean?
As an adverb, "sehr" means: Très.
How do you pronounce "sehr"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sehr" is \zeːɐ̯\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sehr" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

roos#86,128rets#86,122thun#86,248tobe#86,254

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list