Biotin

[bioˈtiːn]

/[bioˈtiːn]/ noun

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The verdict

“Biotin” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Vitamin H, ein antiseborrhoisches Vitamin

Corpus desk

Index DE-biotin · Biotin · German

Biotin · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "B" 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.

Key facts for Biotin
PropertyValue
HeadwordBiotin
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[bioˈtiːn]
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Biotin” sits in German frequency

Biotin falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Biotin is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [bioˈtiːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Vitamin H, ein antiseborrhoisches Vitamin".

Biotin doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Biotin, spelled B-I-O-T-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Vitamin H, ein antiseborrhoisches Vitamin

Synonyms

Vitamin H

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Biotin"?
"Biotin" is spelled B-I-O-T-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is [bioˈtiːn].
What does "Biotin" mean?
As a noun, "Biotin" means: Vitamin H, ein antiseborrhoisches Vitamin
How do you pronounce "Biotin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Biotin" is [bioˈtiːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Biotin" come from?
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list