embryonal
[ɛmbʁioˈnaːl]
The verdict
“embryonal” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zum Stadium des Embryos gehörend
Corpus desk
Index DE-embryonal · embryonal · German
embryonal · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | embryonal |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɛmbʁioˈnaːl] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „embryonal“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
embryonal is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɛmbʁioˈnaːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for embryonal in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is embryonal, spelled E-M-B-R-Y-O-N-A-L.
Definition
- 1zum Stadium des Embryos gehörend
- 2unentwickelt, unreif
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how embryonal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Britische Forscher klonen einen Frosch aus embryonalen Zellkernen.“
„Hat in Pforte III das Kind im dunklen Keller Angst, so rollen sich die Sänger embryonal zusammen.“
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.