Glycerin

[ɡlyt͡seˈʁiːn]

/[ɡlyt͡seˈʁiːn]/ noun

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The verdict

“Glycerin” is uncommon German (frequency #57,039 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,039
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alkohol mit 3 C-Atomen und 3 Hydroxyl-Gruppen, Summenformel C₃H₅(OH)₃

Corpus desk

Index DE-glycerin · Glycerin · German

Glycerin · rank #57,039 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,039
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH gnadenlose

Nearest frequency peer: gnadenlose (+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 „Glycerin“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Glycerin
PropertyValue
HeadwordGlycerin
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɡlyt͡seˈʁiːn]
Letters8
Frequency rank#57,039
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Glycerin“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Glycerinfällt 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: „gnadenlose“ (#57,040), „gleichkommt“ (#57,037), „Gouvernements“ (#57,041). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Glycerin“ bei #57,039. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Glycerin is uncommon German at frequency #57,039 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡlyt͡seˈʁiːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alkohol mit 3 C-Atomen und 3 Hydroxyl-Gruppen, Summenformel C₃H₅(OH)₃".

Glycerin doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Glycerin, spelled G-L-Y-C-E-R-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Alkohol mit 3 C-Atomen und 3 Hydroxyl-Gruppen, Summenformel C₃H₅(OH)₃

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Cremeartige Beschaffenheit wird durch Zugabe von Glycerin sowie Binde- und Stabilisierungsmittel erzielt.“
  2. „Mit den heutigen Herstellungsmethoden zählt Glycerin als vegan/vegetarisch.“

Synonyms

GlycerolPropan-1,2,3-triol

This word in other languages

glycerin(English)glicerina(Español)glycérine(Français)glicerina(Português)

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 "Glycerin"?
"Glycerin" is spelled G-L-Y-C-E-R-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡlyt͡seˈʁiːn].
What does "Glycerin" mean?
As a noun, "Glycerin" means: Alkohol mit 3 C-Atomen und 3 Hydroxyl-Gruppen, Summenformel C₃H₅(OH)₃
How do you pronounce "Glycerin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Glycerin" is [ɡlyt͡seˈʁiːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Glycerin" come from?
"Glycerin" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

geräumig#57,027genügten#57,023Gelöbnis#57,021geistert#57,019

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list