Ephelide
[ˌefeˈliːdə]
The verdict
“Ephelide” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (sommers deutlicher sichtbar werdender) kleiner, bräunlicher Pigmentfleck auf der Haut
Corpus desk
Index DE-ephelide · Ephelide · German
Ephelide · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | Ephelide |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌefeˈliːdə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Ephelide“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Ephelide is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌefeˈliːdə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(sommers deutlicher sichtbar werdender) kleiner, bräunlicher Pigmentfleck auf der Haut".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Ephelide, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Ephelide, spelled E-P-H-E-L-I-D-E.
Definition
- 1(sommers deutlicher sichtbar werdender) kleiner, bräunlicher Pigmentfleck auf der Haut
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Ephelide appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Am vierten Finger der linken Hand ein kleiner bräunlicher Fleck, eine Ephelide. Epheliden sind vollkommen harmlos.“
„Als Ursachen für die Bildung von Epheliden werden erblich-konstitutionelle Faktoren und übermäßige Sonnenexposition angenommen.“
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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.