Carbonyl
[kaʁboˈnyːl]
The verdict
“Carbonyl” 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) - feste oder flüssige chemische Verbindung, bei der Kohlenmonoxid direkt an Atome eines Metalls gebunden ist
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Index DE-carbonyl · Carbonyl · German
Carbonyl · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" 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 | Carbonyl |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kaʁboˈnyːl] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Carbonyl“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Carbonyl is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [kaʁboˈnyːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "feste oder flüssige chemische Verbindung, bei der Kohlenmonoxid direkt an Atome eines Metalls gebunden ist".
No misspelling variants are generated for Carbonyl in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Carbonyl, spelled C-A-R-B-O-N-Y-L.
Definition
- 1feste oder flüssige chemische Verbindung, bei der Kohlenmonoxid direkt an Atome eines Metalls gebunden ist
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.