Diazepam

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The verdict

“Diazepam” is uncommon German (frequency #98,301 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#98,301
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - psychoaktiv wirksamer Arzneistoff aus der Gruppe der Benzodiazepine

Corpus desk

Index DE-diazepam · Diazepam · German

Diazepam · rank #98,301 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #98,301
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH dialektisch

Nearest frequency peer: dialektisch (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Diazepam“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Diazepam“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Diazepam
PropertyValue
HeadwordDiazepam
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters8
Frequency rank#98,301
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Diazepam“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Diazepamfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „dialektisch“ (#98,300), „Dienstgrade“ (#98,302), „Dienstvorschrift“ (#98,304). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „Diazepam“ bei #98,301. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Diazepam is uncommon German at frequency #98,301 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "psychoaktiv wirksamer Arzneistoff aus der Gruppe der Benzodiazepine".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Diazepam, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Diazepam, spelled D-I-A-Z-E-P-A-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    psychoaktiv wirksamer Arzneistoff aus der Gruppe der Benzodiazepine

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Diazepam appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Noor bekam natürlich nichts von dem Geld, aber immerhin spendierte man ihm ein Kebab mit Brötchen, eine Dose Pepsi und eine große Schachtel Diazepam für seine Mutter.“
  2. „›Aber seltsamerweise wurden die zwei Flaschen Diazepam im Arzneischrank nicht entwendet.‹“

This word in other languages

diazepam(English)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Diazepam"?
"Diazepam" is spelled D-I-A-Z-E-P-A-M. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Diazepam" mean?
As a noun, "Diazepam" means: psychoaktiv wirksamer Arzneistoff aus der Gruppe der Benzodiazepine
How do you pronounce "Diazepam"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Diazepam" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Diazepam" come from?
"Diazepam" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Diazepam", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

discover#98,305distalen#98,307Domstadt#98,312Dorfkern#98,315

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list