Anthrax
[ˈantʁaks]
The verdict
“Anthrax” is uncommon German (frequency #69,994 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,994
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Infektionskrankheit Milzbrand
Corpus desk
Index DE-anthrax · Anthrax · German
Anthrax · rank #69,994 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,994
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH anstimmen
Nearest frequency peer: anstimmen (-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 „Anthrax“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Annex
Annex
30,010 corpus weight
- anordnete
anordnete
30,009 corpus weight
- anstimmen
anstimmen
30,008 corpus weight
- Anthrax
Anthrax
30,007 corpus weight
- antidemokra…
antidemokratischen
30,006 corpus weight
- Antirassism…
Antirassismus
30,005 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Anthrax“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Anthrax |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈantʁaks] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #69,994 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Anthrax“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Anthrax is uncommon German at frequency #69,994 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈantʁaks]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die Infektionskrankheit Milzbrand".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Anthrax, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Anthrax, spelled A-N-T-H-R-A-X.
Definition
- 1die Infektionskrankheit Milzbrand
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Anthrax appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Dann infizierte er zuerst Mäuse, danach Kaninchen, Schafe usw. mit dem Zuchtstoff, und diese Tiere starben prompt am Anthrax.“
Synonyms
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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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