Ketamin

[ketaˈmiːn]

/[ketaˈmiːn]/ noun

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The verdict

“Ketamin” is uncommon German (frequency #82,945 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#82,945
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in Human- und Tiermedizin eingesetztes Anästhetikum mit dissoziativer Wirkung

Corpus desk

Index DE-ketamin · Ketamin · German

Ketamin · rank #82,945 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #82,945
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH Kerala

Nearest frequency peer: Kerala (-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 „Ketamin“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Ketamin“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Ketamin
PropertyValue
HeadwordKetamin
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ketaˈmiːn]
Letters7
Frequency rank#82,945
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Ketamin“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Ketaminfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Kerala“ (#82,944), „Kimchi“ (#82,947), „Kelche“ (#82,942). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „Ketamin“ bei #82,945. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Ketamin is uncommon German at frequency #82,945 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ketaˈmiːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "in Human- und Tiermedizin eingesetztes Anästhetikum mit dissoziativer Wirkung".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Ketamin, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Ketamin, spelled K-E-T-A-M-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    in Human- und Tiermedizin eingesetztes Anästhetikum mit dissoziativer Wirkung

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Ketamin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Irgend'ne Arschgeige hat ihr tonnenweise Ketamin gegeben und versucht, sie zu vergewaltigen.“
  2. „Er beschreibt die außerkörperlichen Erfahrungen nach der Einnahme eines Narkotikums, Ketamin, was der Gegenkulturheld Timothy Leary als ›Experimente mit freiwilligem Tod‹ beschrieben hat.“

This word in other languages

ketamine(English)ketamina(Español)kétamine(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Ketamin"?
"Ketamin" is spelled K-E-T-A-M-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ketaˈmiːn].
What does "Ketamin" mean?
As a noun, "Ketamin" means: in Human- und Tiermedizin eingesetztes Anästhetikum mit dissoziativer Wirkung
How do you pronounce "Ketamin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Ketamin" is [ketaˈmiːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Ketamin" come from?
"Ketamin" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Ketamin", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list