Aerosol
[aeʁoˈzoːl]
The verdict
“Aerosol” is uncommon German (frequency #77,639 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,639
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gemisch aus fein verteilten flüssigen oder festen Schwebeteilchen und Gasen
Corpus desk
Index DE-aerosol · Aerosol · German
Aerosol · rank #77,639 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,639
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH adäquates
Nearest frequency peer: adäquates (-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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Aerosol“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Accra
Accra
22,366 corpus weight
- Achilleus
Achilleus
22,365 corpus weight
- additiv
additiv
22,364 corpus weight
- adäquates
adäquates
22,363 corpus weight
- Aerosol
Aerosol
22,362 corpus weight
- agon
agon
22,360 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Aerosol“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Aerosol |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aeʁoˈzoːl] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #77,639 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Aerosol“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Aerosol is uncommon German at frequency #77,639 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [aeʁoˈzoːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gemisch aus fein verteilten flüssigen oder festen Schwebeteilchen und Gasen".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Aerosol in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Aerosol, spelled A-E-R-O-S-O-L.
Definition
- 1Gemisch aus fein verteilten flüssigen oder festen Schwebeteilchen und Gasen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Aerosol appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Auswirkung von Aerosolen auf unsere Umwelt ist noch nicht vollständig geklärt.
Aerosole befinden sich in der Küchenabluft, also in den aufsteigenden Wrasen und werden durch Aerosolabscheider in der Küchenhaube abgeschieden.
This word in other languages
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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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