Amöbe
[aˈmøːbə]
The verdict
“Amöbe” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eukaryotischer Einzeller, der durch ständige Änderung seiner Gestalt ausgezeichnet ist
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Amöbe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aˈmøːbə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Amöbe” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Amöbe is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [aˈmøːbə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eukaryotischer Einzeller, der durch ständige Änderung seiner Gestalt ausgezeichnet ist".
Zero misspellings are on record for Amöbe in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Amöbe, spelled A-M-Ö-B-E.
Definition
- 1eukaryotischer Einzeller, der durch ständige Änderung seiner Gestalt ausgezeichnet ist
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Amöbe”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-M-Ö-B-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.