Kürettage
[kyʁɛˈtaːʒə]
The verdict
“Kürettage” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - „operative Entfernung eines Gewebes durch Ausschabung“
Corpus desk
Index DE-kurettage · Kürettage · German
Kürettage · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | Kürettage |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kyʁɛˈtaːʒə] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kürettage“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kürettage is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [kyʁɛˈtaːʒə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "„operative Entfernung eines Gewebes durch Ausschabung“".
Zero misspellings are on record for Kürettage in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Kürettage, spelled K-Ü-R-E-T-T-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1„operative Entfernung eines Gewebes durch Ausschabung“
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kürettage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Bei der Beschreibung der Behandlung wird üblicherweise davon ausgegangen, dass die Kürettage der Wurzelspitzenresektion vorausgeht.“
„Die instrumentelle Kürettage dient der Entfernung des (restlichen) Schwangerschaftsgewebes aus dem Uterus.“
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.