Karyopse
[kaʁyˈɔpsə]
The verdict
“Karyopse” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sonderform der Nussfrucht, bei der Samenschale und Fruchtwand miteinander verwachsen sind
Corpus desk
Index DE-karyopse · Karyopse · German
Karyopse · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "K" 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 | Karyopse |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kaʁyˈɔpsə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Karyopse“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Karyopse is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [kaʁyˈɔpsə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sonderform der Nussfrucht, bei der Samenschale und Fruchtwand miteinander verwachsen sind".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Karyopse, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Karyopse, spelled K-A-R-Y-O-P-S-E.
Definition
- 1Sonderform der Nussfrucht, bei der Samenschale und Fruchtwand miteinander verwachsen sind
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Karyopse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Früchte der Süßgräser sind Karyopsen.
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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.