Einzeller
[ˈaɪ̯nˌt͡sɛlɐ]
The verdict
“Einzeller” is uncommon German (frequency #75,561 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,561
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lebewesen, das aus nur einer Zelle besteht
Corpus desk
Index DE-einzeller · Einzeller · German
Einzeller · rank #75,561 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,561
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH Eintagsfliege
Nearest frequency peer: Eintagsfliege (-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 „Einzeller“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Einkaufspre…
Einkaufspreis
24,443 corpus weight
- Einstiegs
Einstiegs
24,442 corpus weight
- Eintagsflie…
Eintagsfliege
24,441 corpus weight
- Einzeller
Einzeller
24,440 corpus weight
- einzigem
einzigem
24,439 corpus weight
- einzogen
einzogen
24,438 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Einzeller“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Einzeller |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaɪ̯nˌt͡sɛlɐ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #75,561 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Einzeller“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Einzeller is uncommon German at frequency #75,561 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈaɪ̯nˌt͡sɛlɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lebewesen, das aus nur einer Zelle besteht".
Zero misspellings are on record for Einzeller in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 Einzeller, spelled E-I-N-Z-E-L-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Lebewesen, das aus nur einer Zelle besteht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Einzeller appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Niederländer Antoni van Leeuwenhoek entdeckte die ersten Einzeller.
„Es handelt sich hierbei um Einzeller (Protozoen) wie die Foraminiferen (mit Kalkschale) und die Radiolarien (Skelett aus Kieselsäure), um Coelenteraten wie Medusen und Quallen, um Rädertierchen, Würmer aus der Gruppe der Anneliden und der Chaetognathen sowie zahlreiche Krustentiere, unter den die Copepoden überwiegen.“
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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