Glaukom
[ɡlaʊ̯ˈkoːm]
The verdict
“Glaukom” is uncommon German (frequency #94,345 among 54,401 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,345
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Augenerkrankung, die durch einen erhöhten Druck im Augapfel gekennzeichnet ist und zu einer Schädigung des Sehnervenkopfes und einem allmählichen Verlust des Sehvermögens führen kann
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Glaukom |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡlaʊ̯ˈkoːm] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #94,345 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Glaukom” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Glaukom is uncommon German at frequency #94,345 among 54,401 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡlaʊ̯ˈkoːm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Augenerkrankung, die durch einen erhöhten Druck im Augapfel gekennzeichnet ist und zu einer Schädigung des Sehnervenkopfes und einem allmählichen Verlust des Sehvermögens führen kann".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Glaukom, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Glaukom, spelled G-L-A-U-K-O-M.
Definition
- 1Augenerkrankung, die durch einen erhöhten Druck im Augapfel gekennzeichnet ist und zu einer Schädigung des Sehnervenkopfes und einem allmählichen Verlust des Sehvermögens führen kann
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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 “Glaukom”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-L-A-U-K-O-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.