Insulin

Name: Insulin, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ɪnzuˈliːn]

/[ɪnzuˈliːn]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“Insulin” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #23,186. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,186
frequency rank, German: 1,488
“I” headwords: 10
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hormon, das den Blutzuckerspiegel im Körper senkt

Corpus desk

Index DE-insulin · Insulin · German

Insulin · rank #23,186 · 10 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-MID #23,186
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-MID 10 variants
BOOK-MID 1,488
PHOTO-FINISH innovativen

Nearest frequency peer: innovativen (-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.

identische

76,818
implementie…

76,817
innovativen

76,816
Insulin

76,815
Internetsei…

76,814
irakischen

76,813

What this shows „Insulin“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Insulin vs Inseln

71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Insulin
Property	Value
Headword	Insulin
Language	German
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[ɪnzuˈliːn]
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#23,186
Misspellings tracked	10
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Insulin“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Insulinliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#23,186

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „innovativen“ (#23,185), „Internetseiten“ (#23,187), „implementiert“ (#23,184). Unter 1,488 „I“-Lemmata liegt „Insulin“ bei #23,186. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around Insulin (IPA [ɪnzuˈliːn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,186 among 1,488 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Hormon, das den Blutzuckerspiegel im Körper senkt".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Insulin, with forms such as "innsulin", "insluin", and "inssulin". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Inseln", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Insulin, spelled I-N-S-U-L-I-N.

Definition

1
Hormon, das den Blutzuckerspiegel im Körper senkt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Diabetiker müssen sich Insulin mit einer Spritze geben.
Die Hauptwirkung des Insulins für die rasche Senkung der Blutzuckerkonzentration ist seine „Schlüsselfunktion“ für den Transport von Glukose aus dem Blutplasma und aus der Gewebsflüssigkeit in das Zellinnere.

This word in other languages

insulin(English)insulina(Español)insuline(Français)insulina(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

innsulin
insluin
inssulin
insuiln
insulinn
insullin
insulni
inuslin
isnulin
nisulin

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Insulin - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "Insulin"

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 "Insulin"?

"Insulin" is spelled I-N-S-U-L-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ɪnzuˈliːn].

What does "Insulin" mean?

As a noun, "Insulin" means: Hormon, das den Blutzuckerspiegel im Körper senkt

What words are commonly confused with "Insulin"?

"Insulin" is commonly confused with "Inseln". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "Insulin"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Insulin" is [ɪnzuˈliːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "Insulin" come from?

"Insulin" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

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