Gentherapie

[ˈɡeːnteʁaˌpiː]

/[ˈɡeːnteʁaˌpiː]/ noun

The verdict

“Gentherapie” is uncommon German (frequency #82,796 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#82,796
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Therapieform zur Behandlung von Krankheiten, bei der genetische Sequenzen verändert werden

Corpus desk

Index DE-gentherapie · Gentherapie · German

Gentherapie · rank #82,796 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #82,796
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH genormte

Nearest frequency peer: genormte (-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 „Gentherapie“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Gentherapie
PropertyValue
HeadwordGentherapie
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɡeːnteʁaˌpiː]
Letters11
Frequency rank#82,796
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Gentherapie“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „genormte“ (#82,795), „genussvoll“ (#82,797), „Gemeinschaftspraxis“ (#82,794). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Gentherapie“ bei #82,796. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Gentherapie is uncommon German at frequency #82,796 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡeːnteʁaˌpiː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Therapieform zur Behandlung von Krankheiten, bei der genetische Sequenzen verändert werden".

Gentherapie has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Our source data has no etymology on file 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 Gentherapie, spelled G-E-N-T-H-E-R-A-P-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Therapieform zur Behandlung von Krankheiten, bei der genetische Sequenzen verändert werden

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Während sich Blutzellen für eine gewisse Zeit gut außerhalb des menschlichen Körpers vermehren und genetisch verändern lassen, muss die Gentherapie der Netzhaut innerhalb des Körpers funktionieren.“

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 "Gentherapie"?
"Gentherapie" is spelled G-E-N-T-H-E-R-A-P-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡeːnteʁaˌpiː].
What does "Gentherapie" mean?
As a noun, "Gentherapie" means: Therapieform zur Behandlung von Krankheiten, bei der genetische Sequenzen verändert werden
How do you pronounce "Gentherapie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gentherapie" is [ˈɡeːnteʁaˌpiː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gentherapie" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list