cellulite

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The verdict

“cellulite” is uncommon German (frequency #71,207 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,207
frequency rank, German
1,273
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Orangenhaut, die Zellulitis

Corpus desk

Index DE-cellulite · cellulite · German

cellulite · rank #71,207 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #71,207
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,273
  • PHOTO-FINISH CDA

Nearest frequency peer: CDA (-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 „cellulite“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cellulite
PropertyValue
Headwordcellulite
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters9
Frequency rank#71,207
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „cellulite“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.cellulitefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „CDA“ (#71,206), „CFO“ (#71,208), „Cartagena“ (#71,205). Unter 1,273 „C“-Lemmata liegt „cellulite“ bei #71,207. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cellulite is uncommon German at frequency #71,207 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die Orangenhaut, die Zellulitis".

No misspelling variants are generated for cellulite in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is cellulite, spelled C-E-L-L-U-L-I-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    die Orangenhaut, die Zellulitis

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 "cellulite"?
"cellulite" is spelled C-E-L-L-U-L-I-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "cellulite" mean?
As a noun, "cellulite" means: die Orangenhaut, die Zellulitis
How do you pronounce "cellulite"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cellulite" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cellulite" come from?
"cellulite" 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 "cellulite", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list