Essstörung
[ˈɛsˌʃtøːʁʊŋ]
The verdict
“Essstörung” is uncommon German (frequency #75,603 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,603
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Krankheitsbild, welches durch übermäßige Beschäftigung mit dem Thema Nahrung gekennzeichnet ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-essstorung · Essstörung · German
Essstörung · rank #75,603 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,603
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH Esskultur
Nearest frequency peer: Esskultur (-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 „Essstörung“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- erträgliche
erträgliche
24,402 corpus weight
- Erzählens
Erzählens
24,401 corpus weight
- esoterisch
esoterisch
24,400 corpus weight
- Esskultur
Esskultur
24,399 corpus weight
- Essstörung
Essstörung
24,398 corpus weight
- Explosionsg…
Explosionsgefahr
24,395 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Essstörung“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Essstörung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɛsˌʃtøːʁʊŋ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #75,603 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Essstörung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Essstörung is uncommon German at frequency #75,603 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɛsˌʃtøːʁʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Krankheitsbild, welches durch übermäßige Beschäftigung mit dem Thema Nahrung gekennzeichnet ist".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Essstörung in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, 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 its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Essstörung, spelled E-S-S-S-T-Ö-R-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Krankheitsbild, welches durch übermäßige Beschäftigung mit dem Thema Nahrung gekennzeichnet ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Essstörung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er dachte, niemand wusste, dass er eine Essstörung hat.
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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