Aktivkohle
[akˈtiːfˌkoːlə]
The verdict
“Aktivkohle” is uncommon German (frequency #74,275 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,275
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - feinkörnige Kohle mit sehr poröser Struktur, die vor allem als Adsorptionsmittel in der Medizin und der Chemie Verwendung findet
Corpus desk
Index DE-aktivkohle · Aktivkohle · German
Aktivkohle · rank #74,275 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,275
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Alchemist
Nearest frequency peer: Alchemist (+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 „Aktivkohle“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Ahndung
Ahndung
25,729 corpus weight
- Aktivkohle
Aktivkohle
25,726 corpus weight
- Alchemist
Alchemist
25,725 corpus weight
- Allemand
Allemand
25,724 corpus weight
- Alltagssitu…
Alltagssituationen
25,723 corpus weight
- Altersstufe
Altersstufe
25,722 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Aktivkohle“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Aktivkohle |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [akˈtiːfˌkoːlə] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #74,275 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Aktivkohle“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Aktivkohle is uncommon German at frequency #74,275 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [akˈtiːfˌkoːlə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "feinkörnige Kohle mit sehr poröser Struktur, die vor allem als Adsorptionsmittel in der Medizin und der Chemie Verwendung findet".
Aktivkohle doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Aktivkohle, spelled A-K-T-I-V-K-O-H-L-E.
Definition
- 1feinkörnige Kohle mit sehr poröser Struktur, die vor allem als Adsorptionsmittel in der Medizin und der Chemie Verwendung findet
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Aktivkohle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Aktivkohle sollte man, in Form von Tabletten, in seiner Hausapotheke vorrätig haben, um im Fall einer Vergiftung durch Stoffe im Haushalt erste Hilfe leisten zu können.
„Seine Uniform ist so schwarz wie Aktivkohle und filtert buchstäblich das Licht aus der Luft.“
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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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