Cortisol
[kɔʁtiˈzoːl]
The verdict
“Cortisol” is uncommon German (frequency #79,030 among 20,081 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,030
- frequency rank, German
- 20,081
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - in der Nebennierenrinde produziertes und Entzündungen hemmendes Hormon, das für viele Stoffwechselvorgänge zuständig ist und unter anderem den Blutzuckerspiegel durch Bereitstellung von Glukose erh...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Cortisol |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kɔʁtiˈzoːl] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #79,030 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Cortisol” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Cortisol is uncommon German at frequency #79,030 among 20,081 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kɔʁtiˈzoːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "in der Nebennierenrinde produziertes und Entzündungen hemmendes Hormon, das für viele Stoffwechselvorgänge zuständig ist und unter anderem den Blutzuckerspiegel durch Bereitstellung von Glukose erh...".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Cortisol, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Cortisol, spelled C-O-R-T-I-S-O-L.
Definition
- 1in der Nebennierenrinde produziertes und Entzündungen hemmendes Hormon, das für viele Stoffwechselvorgänge zuständig ist und unter anderem den Blutzuckerspiegel durch Bereitstellung von Glukose erhöht, um in Stresssituationen Energie zur Verfügung zu stellen
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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.
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Using “Cortisol”
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- The one correct German spelling is C-O-R-T-I-S-O-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.