Ligand
[liˈɡant]
The verdict
“Ligand” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Chemie, Komplexchemie: Ion oder Molekül, das an ein Zentralatom gebunden ist und mit diesem eine Komplexverbindung bildet
Corpus desk
Index DE-ligand · Ligand · German
Ligand · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | Ligand |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [liˈɡant] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Ligand“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Ligand is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [liˈɡant]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Ligand, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 Ligand, spelled L-I-G-A-N-D.
Definition
- 1Chemie, Komplexchemie: Ion oder Molekül, das an ein Zentralatom gebunden ist und mit diesem eine Komplexverbindung bildet
- 2chemischer Stoff, der an ein bestimmtes Enzym, etwa an einen Rezeptor binden kann
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Ligand appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Bezeichnung Ligand bezeichnet ein Atom oder Molekül, welches über eine dative Bindung an ein zentrales Metall-Ion koordiniert.
Liganden, die einen Rezeptor aktivieren, bezeichnet man als Agonisten, während Liganden, die einen Rezeptor inaktivieren, auch inverse Agonisten oder Antagonisten genannt werden.
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.