dorsal
[dɔʁˈzaːl]
The verdict
“dorsal” is uncommon German (frequency #87,601 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,601
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Rückseite eines Organs oder Körperteils betreffend
Corpus desk
Index DE-dorsal · dorsal · German
dorsal · rank #87,601 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,601
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH Donners
Nearest frequency peer: Donners (-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 „dorsal“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Dispersion
Dispersion
12,403 corpus weight
- Donners
Donners
12,401 corpus weight
- dorsal
dorsal
12,400 corpus weight
- Drehbeginn
Drehbeginn
12,399 corpus weight
- Drilling
Drilling
12,398 corpus weight
- Drogenschmu…
Drogenschmuggel
12,397 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „dorsal“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dorsal |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [dɔʁˈzaːl] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #87,601 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „dorsal“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
dorsal is uncommon German at frequency #87,601 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [dɔʁˈzaːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for dorsal, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is dorsal, spelled D-O-R-S-A-L.
Definition
- 1die Rückseite eines Organs oder Körperteils betreffend
- 2Artikulation von Lauten mit dem Zungenrücken
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dorsal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Gefahr, dass durch die Manipulation des Behandlers eine dorsalere Gelenkposition eingestellt wird, ist beim geführten Zentrikregistrat (Handbissnahme) größer.“
„Das VKB darf die Tibia keinesfalls in eine dorsalere Richtung zwingen (keine fixierte hintere Subluxationsstellung).“
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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