Desensibilisation
[dezɛnzibilizaˈt͡si̯oːn]
The verdict
“Desensibilisation” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das unempfindlich Machen
Corpus desk
Index DE-desensibilisation · Desensibilisation · German
Desensibilisation · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-8 8 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" 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 | Desensibilisation |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [dezɛnzibilizaˈt͡si̯oːn] |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Desensibilisation“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Desensibilisation is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [dezɛnzibilizaˈt͡si̯oːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "das unempfindlich Machen".
Desensibilisation doesn't appear in our generated misspelling 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, 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 Desensibilisation, spelled D-E-S-E-N-S-I-B-I-L-I-S-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1das unempfindlich Machen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Desensibilisation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Desensibilisation der Schicht, welche nach 1–2 Minuten Einwirkung des Desensibilisators erzielt wird, hat natürlich im Dunkeln zu geschehen.“
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.