Empfängnisverhütung
[ɛmˈp͡fɛŋnɪsfɛɐ̯ˌhyːtʊŋ]
The verdict
“Empfängnisverhütung” is uncommon German (frequency #85,176 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,176
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Verhinderung einer unerwünschte Schwangerschaft durch entsprechende Mittel und Methoden
Corpus desk
Index DE-empfangnisverhutung · Empfängnisverhütung · German
Empfängnisverhütung · rank #85,176 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,176
- LEN-MEGA 19 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH emittieren
Nearest frequency peer: emittieren (-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 „Empfängnisverhütung“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Eiswürfeln
Eiswürfeln
14,829 corpus weight
- EKZ
EKZ
14,828 corpus weight
- elektronisc…
elektronischem
14,827 corpus weight
- emittieren
emittieren
14,826 corpus weight
- Empfängnisv…
Empfängnisverhütung
14,825 corpus weight
- Enkelsohn
Enkelsohn
14,822 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Empfängnisverhütung“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Empfängnisverhütung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɛmˈp͡fɛŋnɪsfɛɐ̯ˌhyːtʊŋ] |
| Letters | 19 |
| Frequency rank | #85,176 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Empfängnisverhütung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Empfängnisverhütung is uncommon German at frequency #85,176 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɛmˈp͡fɛŋnɪsfɛɐ̯ˌhyːtʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Verhinderung einer unerwünschte Schwangerschaft durch entsprechende Mittel und Methoden".
Empfängnisverhütung doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Empfängnisverhütung, spelled E-M-P-F-Ä-N-G-N-I-S-V-E-R-H-Ü-T-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Verhinderung einer unerwünschte Schwangerschaft durch entsprechende Mittel und Methoden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Empfängnisverhütung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Antibabypille ist das bekannteste Mittel zur Empfängnisverhütung.
Für viele Mädchen ist die Empfängnisverhütung der Schutz vor einer ungewollten Schwangerschaft.
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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