Dextrose
[dɛksˈtʁoːzə]
The verdict
“Dextrose” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zu den Kohlenhydraten gehörender Einfachzucker
Corpus desk
Index DE-dextrose · Dextrose · German
Dextrose · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Dextrose |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [dɛksˈtʁoːzə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Dextrose“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Dextrose is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [dɛksˈtʁoːzə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "zu den Kohlenhydraten gehörender Einfachzucker".
Zero misspellings are on record for Dextrose in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Dextrose, spelled D-E-X-T-R-O-S-E.
Definition
- 1zu den Kohlenhydraten gehörender Einfachzucker
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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.