Acetaldehyd
[aˈt͡seːtʔaldeˌhyːt]
The verdict
“Acetaldehyd” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - klare Flüssigkeit, deren Dämpfe giftig und brennbar sind
Corpus desk
Index DE-acetaldehyd · Acetaldehyd · German
Acetaldehyd · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Acetaldehyd |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aˈt͡seːtʔaldeˌhyːt] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Acetaldehyd“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Acetaldehyd is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [aˈt͡seːtʔaldeˌhyːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "klare Flüssigkeit, deren Dämpfe giftig und brennbar sind".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Acetaldehyd, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Acetaldehyd, spelled A-C-E-T-A-L-D-E-H-Y-D.
Definition
- 1klare Flüssigkeit, deren Dämpfe giftig und brennbar sind
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Acetaldehyd appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Stoff sorge außerdem dafür, dass Schadstoffe und Wohngifte wie Formaldehyd, Acetaldehyd, Ammoniak und Nikotin kontinuierlich in harmlose Substanzen umgewandelt würden.
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