Katalysator
Letters
11 characters
Frequency Rank
#25,620
in German word usage
Misspellings
17
tracked variants
Confusables
1
similar word pairs
Katalysator is aGermannoun. It means: Stoff, der die benötigte Aktivierungsenergie einer chemischen Reaktion beeinflusst, ohne dabei verbraucht zu werden Pronounced [katalyˈzaːtoːɐ̯]. Often confused with Katalysatoren.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Katalysator |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [katalyˈzaːtoːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #25,620 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency rank visualization
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Katalysator is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [katalyˈzaːtoːɐ̯]. Corpus data places it at rank #25,620 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for Katalysator, with forms such as "aktalysator", "kaatlysator", and "katallysator". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Katalysatoren", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Katalysator, spelled K-A-T-A-L-Y-S-A-T-O-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Stoff, der die benötigte Aktivierungsenergie einer chemischen Reaktion beeinflusst, ohne dabei verbraucht zu werden
- 2Bauteil, das Verbrennungsschadstoffe in den Abgasen zu ungiftigen Stoffen chemisch umwandelt
- 3etwas oder jemand, das/der eine bestimmte Entwicklung auslöst oder beschleunigt
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: aktalysator,kaatlysator,katallysator,katalsyator,katalyastor,katalysaotr,katalysatorr,katalysatro,katalysattor,katalyssator,katalystaor,katalyysator,kataylsator,katlaysator,kattalysator,kkatalysator,ktaalysator
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Katalysator
Misspelling Variants of "Katalysator"
Frequency rank: #25,620 in German
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