Diol
[diˈoːl]
The verdict
“Diol” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alkohol mit zwei Hydroxygruppen
Corpus desk
Index DE-diol · Diol · German
Diol · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | Diol |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [diˈoːl] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Diol“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Diol is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [diˈoːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alkohol mit zwei Hydroxygruppen".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Diol, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Diol, spelled D-I-O-L.
Definition
- 1Alkohol mit zwei Hydroxygruppen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Diol appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ein Beispiel für ein einfaches, stabiles Diol ist Ethylenglycol (1,2-Ethandiol).“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.