diffundieren
[dɪfʊnˈdiːʁən]
The verdict
“diffundieren” 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) - ineinander eindringen, sich vermischen, in etwas anderes eindringen, sich mit etwas anderem vermischen
Corpus desk
Index DE-diffundieren · diffundieren · German
diffundieren · 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 | diffundieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [dɪfʊnˈdiːʁən] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “diffundieren” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
diffundieren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [dɪfʊnˈdiːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for diffundieren, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 diffundieren, spelled D-I-F-F-U-N-D-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1ineinander eindringen, sich vermischen, in etwas anderes eindringen, sich mit etwas anderem vermischen
- 2zerstreuen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how diffundieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ein Stoff diffundiert in einem Lösungsmittel in einen anderen.
Da Kohlenmonoxid auch durch Wände diffundieren kann ist ein Kohlenmonoxid Melder eigentlich die einzige, echte Warnmöglichkeit.
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