diploid
[diploˈiːt]
The verdict
“diploid” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - den Chromosomensatz doppelt enthaltend
Corpus desk
Index DE-diploid · diploid · German
diploid · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | diploid |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [diploˈiːt] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „diploid“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
diploid is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [diploˈiːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "den Chromosomensatz doppelt enthaltend".
Zero misspellings are on record for diploid in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 diploid, spelled D-I-P-L-O-I-D.
Definition
- 1den Chromosomensatz doppelt enthaltend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how diploid appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
So entstanden „Ur-Geschlechtszellen“ (primordiale Keimzellen, PGC): Zellen, aus denen Ei- oder Samenzellen werden können, die aber im Gegensatz zu diesen diploid sind, (noch) einen doppelten Chromosomensatz haben.
Ameisen und Bienen sind haploid/diploid, bestimmen das Geschlecht der Jungen über die Chromosomen-Zahl, Männchen erhalten einen Satz, Weibchen zwei.
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