Glykol
[ɡlyˈkoːl]
The verdict
“Glykol” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Chemie, Ethan-1,2-diol, ein zweiwertiger Alkohol
Corpus desk
Index DE-glykol · Glykol · German
Glykol · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" 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 | Glykol |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡlyˈkoːl] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Glykol“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Glykol is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡlyˈkoːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Glykol in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Glykol, spelled G-L-Y-K-O-L.
Definition
- 1Chemie, Ethan-1,2-diol, ein zweiwertiger Alkohol
- 2zweiwertiger Alkohol, der sich von Ethan-1,2-diol ableitet
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Glykol appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Glykol ist das einfachste Diol.
Glykole werden in Frostschutzmitteln verwendet.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.