Intron
[ˈɪntʁɔn]
The verdict
“Intron” 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) - nichtcodierendes Segment der DNA bei Eukaryoten
Corpus desk
Index DE-intron · Intron · German
Intron · 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 "I" 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 | Intron |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɪntʁɔn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Intron“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Intron is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɪntʁɔn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "nichtcodierendes Segment der DNA bei Eukaryoten".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Intron, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Intron, spelled I-N-T-R-O-N.
Definition
- 1nichtcodierendes Segment der DNA bei Eukaryoten
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Intron appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sie nennen Gen-Abschnitte „Introns“, die – scheinbar nutzlos – inmitten eines nützlichen Stückchens Erbgut nisten.
Antonyms
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.