Anhydrit
[anhyˈdʁiːt]
The verdict
“Anhydrit” is uncommon German (frequency #96,646 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,646
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - farbloses bis graues Mineral, wasserfreies Kalziumsulfat, das in Salzlagerstätten vorkommt und zur Herstellung von Zement und Kunstdünger verwendet wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-anhydrit · Anhydrit · German
Anhydrit · rank #96,646 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,646
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH anhielten
Nearest frequency peer: anhielten (-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 „Anhydrit“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Angstmacher…
Angstmacherei
3,358 corpus weight
- Angstzustän…
Angstzuständen
3,357 corpus weight
- anhielten
anhielten
3,356 corpus weight
- Anhydrit
Anhydrit
3,355 corpus weight
- anlege
anlege
3,354 corpus weight
- anmuten
anmuten
3,353 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Anhydrit“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Anhydrit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [anhyˈdʁiːt] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #96,646 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Anhydrit“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Anhydrit is uncommon German at frequency #96,646 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [anhyˈdʁiːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "farbloses bis graues Mineral, wasserfreies Kalziumsulfat, das in Salzlagerstätten vorkommt und zur Herstellung von Zement und Kunstdünger verwendet wird".
No misspelling variants are generated for Anhydrit in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Anhydrit, spelled A-N-H-Y-D-R-I-T.
Definition
- 1farbloses bis graues Mineral, wasserfreies Kalziumsulfat, das in Salzlagerstätten vorkommt und zur Herstellung von Zement und Kunstdünger verwendet wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Anhydrit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Das Anhydritgestein ist wasserfreier Gipsstein (CaSO₄), der sein Kristallwasser in heißen Erdperioden abgegeben hat. Da Anhydrit kein Kristallwasser enthält, entfällt der Brennvorgang wie bei der Gipsherstellung.“
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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