Castoreum
[kasˈtoːʁeʊm]
The verdict
“Castoreum” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - eine salbenartige stark riechende Masse, die Biber beiderlei Geschlechts in besonderen Drüsen absondern
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Index DE-castoreum · Castoreum · German
Castoreum · 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 "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 | Castoreum |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kasˈtoːʁeʊm] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Castoreum“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Castoreum is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [kasˈtoːʁeʊm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine salbenartige stark riechende Masse, die Biber beiderlei Geschlechts in besonderen Drüsen absondern".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Castoreum, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Castoreum, spelled C-A-S-T-O-R-E-U-M.
Definition
- 1eine salbenartige stark riechende Masse, die Biber beiderlei Geschlechts in besonderen Drüsen absondern
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Castoreum appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die inneren Wandungen dieser Drüsen sind mit einer Schleimhaut überzogen, welche in schuppenähnliche Säckchen und Falten getheilt ist, sondern das sogenannte Biebergeil oder Gail (Castoreum) ab, eine dunkle rothbraune, gelbbraune oder schwarzbraune, ziemlich weiche, salbenartige Masse von eigenthümlich durchdringendem, starkem, nur wenig Leuten angenehmen…
Das Bibergail (Castoreum), in eiförmigen Säcken bestehend, die beiden Geschlechtern eigen und eine aromatische (im frischen Zustand salbenartige) Substanz enthalten, wird von den bayrischen Bibern vorzüglich geschätzt und den amerikanischen und siberischen vorgezogen. (Franz von Kobell, Wildanger, Der Biber, z.n. Projekt Gutenberg)
Synonyms
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.