Essigsäure

[ˈɛsɪçˌzɔɪ̯ʁə]

/[ˈɛsɪçˌzɔɪ̯ʁə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Essigsäure” is uncommon German (frequency #60,543 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,543
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine farblose, brennbare, hygroskopische, wasserlösliche organische Säure mit charakteristischem Geruch

Corpus desk

Index DE-essigsaure · Essigsäure · German

Essigsäure · rank #60,543 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,543
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH erübrigen

Nearest frequency peer: erübrigen (-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 „Essigsäure“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Essigsäure“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Essigsäure
PropertyValue
HeadwordEssigsäure
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɛsɪçˌzɔɪ̯ʁə]
Letters10
Frequency rank#60,543
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Essigsäure“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Essigsäurefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „erübrigen“ (#60,542), „ets“ (#60,544), „erzwang“ (#60,541). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „Essigsäure“ bei #60,543. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Essigsäure is uncommon German at frequency #60,543 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɛsɪçˌzɔɪ̯ʁə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Essigsäure, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Essigsäure, spelled E-S-S-I-G-S-Ä-U-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine farblose, brennbare, hygroskopische, wasserlösliche organische Säure mit charakteristischem Geruch
  2. 2
    Trivialname der Ethansäure

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Essigsäure appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Essigsäure ist vollständig in Wasser löslich.
  2. Essigsäure reagiert mit unedlen Metallen.

Synonyms

AcetylsäureAzetylsäureÄthansäureAcidum aceticumAceroxysäureEthansäureHolzsäureEisessigEssigMethancarbonsäure

This word in other languages

ácido acético(Español)acide acétique(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Essigsäure"?
"Essigsäure" is spelled E-S-S-I-G-S-Ä-U-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɛsɪçˌzɔɪ̯ʁə].
What does "Essigsäure" mean?
As a noun, "Essigsäure" means: eine farblose, brennbare, hygroskopische, wasserlösliche organische Säure mit charakteristischem Geruch
How do you pronounce "Essigsäure"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Essigsäure" is [ˈɛsɪçˌzɔɪ̯ʁə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Essigsäure" come from?
"Essigsäure" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Essigsäure", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Erzbistums#60,540erfüllende#60,532Flashbacks#60,564Frauenchor#60,573

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list