Entgiftung
[ɛntˈɡɪftʊŋ]
The verdict
“Entgiftung” is uncommon German (frequency #57,808 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,808
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Befreiung eines Körpers oder Gegenstandes von schädlichen Substanzen (Giften)
Corpus desk
Index DE-entgiftung · Entgiftung · German
Entgiftung · rank #57,808 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,808
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH engineers
Nearest frequency peer: engineers (-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 „Entgiftung“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Endspiele
Endspiele
42,196 corpus weight
- engineers
engineers
42,194 corpus weight
- Entgiftung
Entgiftung
42,193 corpus weight
- entlassene
entlassene
42,192 corpus weight
- Entzugsersc…
Entzugserscheinungen
42,190 corpus weight
- entzückende
entzückende
42,189 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Entgiftung“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Entgiftung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɛntˈɡɪftʊŋ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #57,808 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Entgiftung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Entgiftung is uncommon German at frequency #57,808 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɛntˈɡɪftʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Befreiung eines Körpers oder Gegenstandes von schädlichen Substanzen (Giften)".
Entgiftung has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Entgiftung, spelled E-N-T-G-I-F-T-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Befreiung eines Körpers oder Gegenstandes von schädlichen Substanzen (Giften)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Entgiftung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Entgiftung dioxinverseuchter Böden ist sehr aufwendig.
„Nachdem wir eine Nacht lang bei Dunning gesessen und auf den Tod gewartet hatten, wurde die Angelegenheit schließlich einem Arzt übergeben, und Dunning wurde zur Entgiftung in eine Privatklinik gebracht.“
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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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