avirulent
[ˈaviʁuˌlɛnt]
The verdict
“avirulent” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nicht ansteckungsfähig
Corpus desk
Index DE-avirulent · avirulent · German
avirulent · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | avirulent |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈaviʁuˌlɛnt] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „avirulent“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
avirulent is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈaviʁuˌlɛnt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "nicht ansteckungsfähig".
avirulent has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is avirulent, spelled A-V-I-R-U-L-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1nicht ansteckungsfähig
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how avirulent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Eine Vielzahl von virulenten und avirulenten Stämmen sind durch Phagentypen und Plasmide unterscheidbar.“
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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.