botanisch

[boˈtaːnɪʃ]

/[boˈtaːnɪʃ]/ adj

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The verdict

“botanisch” is uncommon German (frequency #87,513 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,513
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Wissenschaft der Pflanzen betreffend

Corpus desk

Index DE-botanisch · botanisch · German

botanisch · rank #87,513 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,513
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bosniens

Nearest frequency peer: Bosniens (-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 „botanisch“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for botanisch
PropertyValue
Headwordbotanisch
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[boˈtaːnɪʃ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#87,513
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „botanisch“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).botanischfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Bosniens“ (#87,512), „Bottich“ (#87,514), „borgo“ (#87,511). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „botanisch“ bei #87,513. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

botanisch is uncommon German at frequency #87,513 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [boˈtaːnɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die Wissenschaft der Pflanzen betreffend".

Zero misspellings are on record for botanisch in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 botanisch, spelled B-O-T-A-N-I-S-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    die Wissenschaft der Pflanzen betreffend

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Diese Entdeckung ist von großer botanischer Bedeutung.
  2. „Wallace’ Forschergeist war geweckt, denn aus der botanischen Fachliteratur wusste er, dass allein auf den Britischen Inseln mehr als 3000 Käferarten herumkrabbelten.“

Synonyms

pflanzenkundlich

Antonyms

zoologisch

This word in other languages

botanical(English)botánico(Español)botanique(Français)

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 "botanisch"?
"botanisch" is spelled B-O-T-A-N-I-S-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [boˈtaːnɪʃ].
What does "botanisch" mean?
As an adjective, "botanisch" means: die Wissenschaft der Pflanzen betreffend
How do you pronounce "botanisch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "botanisch" is [boˈtaːnɪʃ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bilingual#87,500bildhafte#87,499Centurion#87,545Chefärzte#87,550

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list