Insulin

/[ɪnzuˈliːn]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#23,186

in German word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

Insulin is aGermannoun. It means: Hormon, das den Blutzuckerspiegel im Körper senkt Pronounced [ɪnzuˈliːn]. Often confused with Inseln.

Key facts for Insulin
PropertyValue
HeadwordInsulin
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɪnzuˈliːn]
Letters7
Frequency rank#23,186
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Insulin in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Insulin is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɪnzuˈliːn]. Corpus data places it at rank #23,186 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Hormon, das den Blutzuckerspiegel im Körper senkt".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for Insulin, with forms such as "innsulin", "insluin", and "inssulin". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Inseln", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Insulin, spelled I-N-S-U-L-I-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hormon, das den Blutzuckerspiegel im Körper senkt

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: innsulin,insluin,inssulin,insuiln,insulinn,insullin,insulni,inuslin,isnulin,nisulin

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Insulin

Misspelling Variants of "Insulin"

innsulin8insluin7inssulin8insuiln7insulinn8insullin8insulni7inuslin7
Misspelling Variants of "Insulin"

Frequency rank: #23,186 in German

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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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.