Histologie
[hɪstoloˈɡiː]
The verdict
“Histologie” is uncommon German (frequency #65,346 among 59,066 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,346
- frequency rank, German
- 59,066
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Teilgebiet der Medizin beziehungsweise Biologie, welches menschliche, tierische und pflanzliche Gewebe auf mikroskopischer Ebene erforscht
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Histologie |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [hɪstoloˈɡiː] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #65,346 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Histologie” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Histologie is uncommon German at frequency #65,346 among 59,066 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [hɪstoloˈɡiː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Histologie has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Histologie, spelled H-I-S-T-O-L-O-G-I-E.
Definition
- 1Teilgebiet der Medizin beziehungsweise Biologie, welches menschliche, tierische und pflanzliche Gewebe auf mikroskopischer Ebene erforscht
- 2bezogen auf eine Krankheit, einen medizinischen Fall, ein Organ; die histologische Untersuchung, der histologische Befund
- 3histologische Abteilung einer medizinischen Einrichtung
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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); 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 “Histologie”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is H-I-S-T-O-L-O-G-I-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [hɪstoloˈɡiː] (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.