Elektrosmog

[eˈlɛktʁoˌsmɔk]

/[eˈlɛktʁoˌsmɔk]/ noun

The verdict

“Elektrosmog” is uncommon German (frequency #74,519 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#74,519
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - künstlich erzeugte elektromagnetische Strahlung mit potenziell nachteiligen Auswirkungen auf die Gesundheit

Corpus desk

Index DE-elektrosmog · Elektrosmog · German

Elektrosmog · rank #74,519 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #74,519
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH Ekeln

Nearest frequency peer: Ekeln (-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 „Elektrosmog“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Elektrosmog“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Elektrosmog
PropertyValue
HeadwordElektrosmog
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[eˈlɛktʁoˌsmɔk]
Letters11
Frequency rank#74,519
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Elektrosmog“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Elektrosmogfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Ekeln“ (#74,518), „einzutauschen“ (#74,517), „emanzipieren“ (#74,521). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „Elektrosmog“ bei #74,519. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Elektrosmog is uncommon German at frequency #74,519 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [eˈlɛktʁoˌsmɔk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "künstlich erzeugte elektromagnetische Strahlung mit potenziell nachteiligen Auswirkungen auf die Gesundheit".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Elektrosmog, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Elektrosmog, spelled E-L-E-K-T-R-O-S-M-O-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    künstlich erzeugte elektromagnetische Strahlung mit potenziell nachteiligen Auswirkungen auf die Gesundheit

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Elektrosmog appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Ich bade sozusagen ununterbrochen im Eletrosmog, was meinem ohnehin mangelhaften Gedächtnis nicht gerade zuträglich ist.“
  2. „Feinstaub, Elektrosmog und Dioxin sind die Pest, aber ein Tempolimit von hundertdreißig kommt natürlich nicht in die Tüte.“

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Elektrosmog"?
"Elektrosmog" is spelled E-L-E-K-T-R-O-S-M-O-G. The IPA pronunciation is [eˈlɛktʁoˌsmɔk].
What does "Elektrosmog" mean?
As a noun, "Elektrosmog" means: künstlich erzeugte elektromagnetische Strahlung mit potenziell nachteiligen Auswirkungen auf die Gesundheit
How do you pronounce "Elektrosmog"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Elektrosmog" is [eˈlɛktʁoˌsmɔk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Elektrosmog" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Elektrosmog", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list