Fluoreszenz
[fluoʁɛsˈt͡sɛnt͡s]
The verdict
“Fluoreszenz” is uncommon German (frequency #64,271 among 45,736 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,271
- frequency rank, German
- 45,736
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Leuchterscheinung bei bestimmten Stoffen, die während der Einwirkung durch Lichtstrahlen, Röntgenstrahlen oder Kathodenstrahlen hervorgerufen wird
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Fluoreszenz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fluoʁɛsˈt͡sɛnt͡s] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #64,271 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Fluoreszenz” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Fluoreszenz is uncommon German at frequency #64,271 among 45,736 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [fluoʁɛsˈt͡sɛnt͡s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Leuchterscheinung bei bestimmten Stoffen, die während der Einwirkung durch Lichtstrahlen, Röntgenstrahlen oder Kathodenstrahlen hervorgerufen wird".
Fluoreszenz doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Fluoreszenz, spelled F-L-U-O-R-E-S-Z-E-N-Z.
Definition
- 1Leuchterscheinung bei bestimmten Stoffen, die während der Einwirkung durch Lichtstrahlen, Röntgenstrahlen oder Kathodenstrahlen hervorgerufen wird
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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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Using “Fluoreszenz”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is F-L-U-O-R-E-S-Z-E-N-Z - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [fluoʁɛsˈt͡sɛnt͡s] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.