exokrin
[ɛksoˈkʁiːn]
The verdict
“exokrin” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nach außen (an eine innere oder äußere Körperoberfläche) absondernd, abgebend
Corpus desk
Index DE-exokrin · exokrin · German
exokrin · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | exokrin |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɛksoˈkʁiːn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „exokrin“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
exokrin is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɛksoˈkʁiːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "nach außen (an eine innere oder äußere Körperoberfläche) absondernd, abgebend".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for exokrin, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is exokrin, spelled E-X-O-K-R-I-N.
Definition
- 1nach außen (an eine innere oder äußere Körperoberfläche) absondernd, abgebend
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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.