Laryngitis
[laʁʏŋˈɡiːtɪs]
The verdict
“Laryngitis” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Entzündung der Schleimhaut des Kehlkopfes, verbunden mit Husten und Heiserkeit oder Verlust der Stimme
Corpus desk
Index DE-laryngitis · Laryngitis · German
Laryngitis · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" 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 | Laryngitis |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [laʁʏŋˈɡiːtɪs] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Laryngitis“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Laryngitis is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [laʁʏŋˈɡiːtɪs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Entzündung der Schleimhaut des Kehlkopfes, verbunden mit Husten und Heiserkeit oder Verlust der Stimme".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Laryngitis, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Laryngitis, spelled L-A-R-Y-N-G-I-T-I-S.
Definition
- 1Entzündung der Schleimhaut des Kehlkopfes, verbunden mit Husten und Heiserkeit oder Verlust der Stimme
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Laryngitis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je nachdem wo sich die Erreger ansiedeln, unterscheidet man zwischen einer Rachenschleimhautentzündung (Pharyngitis), Stimmband- oder Kehlkopfentzündung (Laryngitis) oder einer Mandelentzündung (Angina tonsillaris oder Tonsillitis).
Netrebko hat Laryngitis, Villazón den Blues, und wegen einer zu langen Probe von Gérard Depardieu und Riccardo Muti war das Publikum der Zarzuela-Gala zu einer zusätzlichen halben Stunde Seitenblicken im Foyer gezwungen.
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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.