Chromatin
[kʁomaˈtiːn]
The verdict
“Chromatin” 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) - der Komplex aus Desoxyribonukleinsäure und Proteinen, aus dem die Chromosomen bestehen
Corpus desk
Index DE-chromatin · Chromatin · German
Chromatin · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | Chromatin |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kʁomaˈtiːn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Chromatin“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Chromatin is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [kʁomaˈtiːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "der Komplex aus Desoxyribonukleinsäure und Proteinen, aus dem die Chromosomen bestehen".
Zero misspellings are on record for Chromatin in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Chromatin, spelled C-H-R-O-M-A-T-I-N.
Definition
- 1der Komplex aus Desoxyribonukleinsäure und Proteinen, aus dem die Chromosomen bestehen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Chromatin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Grundbausteine des Chromatins sind feine fädige, etwa 10 nm dicke Stränge, die Nukleotidfilamente oder Chromonemen, die ihrerseits zu eine Überstruktur, der 30-nm-Chromatinfibrille, aufgeknäuelt sind.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.