Kreosot
[kʁeoˈzoːt]
The verdict
“Kreosot” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Teeröl, gewonnen durch Destillation oder Pyrolyse
Corpus desk
Index DE-kreosot · Kreosot · German
Kreosot · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Kreosot |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kʁeoˈzoːt] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kreosot“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kreosot is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [kʁeoˈzoːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Teeröl, gewonnen durch Destillation oder Pyrolyse".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Kreosot in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Kreosot, spelled K-R-E-O-S-O-T.
Definition
- 1Teeröl, gewonnen durch Destillation oder Pyrolyse
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Kreosot appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der scharfe Geruch des Kreosot hob sich klar von allen anderen Duftfährten ab, die damit in Wettbewerb traten.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.