Biopsie

[biɔˈpsiː]

/[biɔˈpsiː]/ noun

The verdict

“Biopsie” is uncommon German (frequency #67,054 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,054
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Entnahme und Untersuchung von Gewebematerial, einer Gewebeprobe, aus einem lebenden Organismus

Corpus desk

Index DE-biopsie · Biopsie · German

Biopsie · rank #67,054 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,054
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bildungsstand

Nearest frequency peer: Bildungsstand (-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 „Biopsie“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Biopsie“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Biopsie
PropertyValue
HeadwordBiopsie
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[biɔˈpsiː]
Letters7
Frequency rank#67,054
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Biopsie“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Biopsiefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Bildungsstand“ (#67,053), „Bildungsangebot“ (#67,052), „Blaskapelle“ (#67,056). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Biopsie“ bei #67,054. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Biopsie is uncommon German at frequency #67,054 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [biɔˈpsiː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Entnahme und Untersuchung von Gewebematerial, einer Gewebeprobe, aus einem lebenden Organismus".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Biopsie, 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.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Biopsie, spelled B-I-O-P-S-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Entnahme und Untersuchung von Gewebematerial, einer Gewebeprobe, aus einem lebenden Organismus

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Biopsie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Erstmals spüre ich tiefe Angst. Ein mir bekannter Urologe rät noch von einer Biopsie ab. Ein gutes Jahr vergeht; 2006 ist der Wert auf 3,6 gestiegen.“
  2. „Weil durch das Kernspinntomogramm die Art des Tumors nicht zu ermitteln war, musste Herman im Juni 1988 eine schmerzhafte Biopsie über sich ergehen lassen, bei der ein Loch in die Schädeldecke gebohrt und eine Probe des Tumorgewebes entnommen wurde.“

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Biopsie"?
"Biopsie" is spelled B-I-O-P-S-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is [biɔˈpsiː].
What does "Biopsie" mean?
As a noun, "Biopsie" means: Entnahme und Untersuchung von Gewebematerial, einer Gewebeprobe, aus einem lebenden Organismus
How do you pronounce "Biopsie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Biopsie" is [biɔˈpsiː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Biopsie" come from?
"Biopsie" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Biopsie", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list