Archaeon
[aʁˈçɛːɔn]
The verdict
“Archaeon” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vertreter der Domäne der Archaeen, einzelliges, prokaryotisches Lebewesen ohne Zellkern
Corpus desk
Index DE-archaeon · Archaeon · German
Archaeon · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | Archaeon |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aʁˈçɛːɔn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Archaeon“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Archaeon is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [aʁˈçɛːɔn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Archaeon, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Archaeon, spelled A-R-C-H-A-E-O-N.
Definition
- 1Vertreter der Domäne der Archaeen, einzelliges, prokaryotisches Lebewesen ohne Zellkern
- 2die Domäne der Archaea
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Archaeon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Eine eindrucksvolle Struktur bildet eine weitere Protease aus dem thermophilen und im sauren Milieu lebenden Archaeon Thermoplasma acidophilum.
„Das Forscherteam erhielt durch die Untersuchungen am wärmeliebenden Archaeon Nitrososphaera gargensis auch wertvolle Hinweise darauf, dass die Fähigkeit zur Ammoniak-Oxidation sich bereits sehr früh in der Evolutionsgeschichte entwickelte.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.