Karzinom
[kaʁt͡siˈnoːm]
The verdict
“Karzinom” is uncommon German (frequency #81,727 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,727
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Krebserkrankung, die vom Epithel ausgeht
Corpus desk
Index DE-karzinom · Karzinom · German
Karzinom · rank #81,727 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,727
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Kartenzahlung
Nearest frequency peer: Kartenzahlung (-1 rank slots)
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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Karzinom“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- kaput
kaput
18,277 corpus weight
- Kartenzahlu…
Kartenzahlung
18,275 corpus weight
- Karzinom
Karzinom
18,274 corpus weight
- Kassenpatie…
Kassenpatienten
18,273 corpus weight
- Katholikin
Katholikin
18,272 corpus weight
- katt
katt
18,271 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Karzinom“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Karzinom |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kaʁt͡siˈnoːm] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #81,727 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Karzinom“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Karzinom is uncommon German at frequency #81,727 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kaʁt͡siˈnoːm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Krebserkrankung, die vom Epithel ausgeht".
No misspelling variants are generated for Karzinom in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Karzinom, spelled K-A-R-Z-I-N-O-M.
Definition
- 1Krebserkrankung, die vom Epithel ausgeht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Karzinom appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Viele Studien geben eine etwa 70-prozentige Koinzidenz von Gallensteinen und einem Karzinom an.
„Er wusste nur wenig über das Karzinom, diesen Bauchspeicheldrüsenkrebs.“
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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