Karyotyp
[kaʁyoˈtyːp]
The verdict
“Karyotyp” 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 May 6, 2026) - Gesamtheit aller Eigenschaften eines Chromosomensatzes
Corpus desk
Index DE-karyotyp · Karyotyp · German
Karyotyp · 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 | Karyotyp |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kaʁyoˈtyːp] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Karyotyp” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Karyotyp is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [kaʁyoˈtyːp]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gesamtheit aller Eigenschaften eines Chromosomensatzes".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Karyotyp, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Karyotyp, spelled K-A-R-Y-O-T-Y-P.
Definition
- 1Gesamtheit aller Eigenschaften eines Chromosomensatzes
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