karzinogen
[kaʁt͡sinoˈɡeːn]
The verdict
“karzinogen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Krebs auslösend, Krebs verursachend
Corpus desk
Index DE-karzinogen · karzinogen · German
karzinogen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | karzinogen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [kaʁt͡sinoˈɡeːn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „karzinogen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
karzinogen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [kaʁt͡sinoˈɡeːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Krebs auslösend, Krebs verursachend".
karzinogen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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 karzinogen, spelled K-A-R-Z-I-N-O-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1Krebs auslösend, Krebs verursachend
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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.