Embryologie
[ˌɛmbʁioloˈɡiː]
The verdict
“Embryologie” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wissenschaft, die sich mit der Entwicklung von Lebewesen vor der Geburt beschäftigt
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Index DE-embryologie · Embryologie · German
Embryologie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" 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 | Embryologie |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌɛmbʁioloˈɡiː] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Embryologie“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Embryologie is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌɛmbʁioloˈɡiː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Wissenschaft, die sich mit der Entwicklung von Lebewesen vor der Geburt beschäftigt".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Embryologie, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Embryologie, spelled E-M-B-R-Y-O-L-O-G-I-E.
Definition
- 1Wissenschaft, die sich mit der Entwicklung von Lebewesen vor der Geburt beschäftigt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Embryologie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Als Urogenitalleiste (Crista urogenitalis) wird in der Embryologie eine längliche Erhebung an der rückenseitigen Wand der Zölomhöhle bezeichnet.“
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.