destillieren
[dɛstɪˈliːʁən]
The verdict
“destillieren” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Flüssigkeiten durch Verdampfen und Kondensieren trennen
Corpus desk
Index DE-destillieren · destillieren · German
destillieren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | destillieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [dɛstɪˈliːʁən] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „destillieren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
destillieren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [dɛstɪˈliːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Flüssigkeiten durch Verdampfen und Kondensieren trennen".
destillieren doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is destillieren, spelled D-E-S-T-I-L-L-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1Flüssigkeiten durch Verdampfen und Kondensieren trennen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how destillieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Unter „Wasser“ versteht man destillierten Obstwein.
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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.