Archaea
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The verdict
“Archaea” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der wissenschaftliche Name für die Domäne der Archaeen (Singular: Archaeon) im aktuellen Drei-Domänen-System
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Index DE-archaea · Archaea · German
Archaea · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Archaea |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Archaea“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Archaea is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "der wissenschaftliche Name für die Domäne der Archaeen (Singular: Archaeon) im aktuellen Drei-Domänen-System".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Archaea in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Archaea, spelled A-R-C-H-A-E-A.
Definition
- 1der wissenschaftliche Name für die Domäne der Archaeen (Singular: Archaeon) im aktuellen Drei-Domänen-System
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Archaea appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„[…] weitreichende Fortschritte in der molekularen Biologie machten eine generelle Änderung der Taxonomie notwendig: Eubakterien und Archaebakterien wurden in Bacteria und Archaea umbenannt und 1990 als eigenständige Domänen neben der Domäne der Eukarya im Rahmen des Drei-Domänen-Systems beschrieben.“
„Da es zahlreiche Unterschiede zwischen Archaea und Bacteria gibt, geht man davon aus, dass sich die Entwicklungslinien dieser beiden prokaryotischen Reiche früh getrennt haben.“
Synonyms
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.