Mastitis
[masˈtiːtɪs]
The verdict
“Mastitis” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - meist bakterielle Entzündung der weiblichen, selten der männlichen Brustdrüse beziehungsweise Milchdrüse
Corpus desk
Index DE-mastitis · Mastitis · German
Mastitis · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" 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 | Mastitis |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [masˈtiːtɪs] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Mastitis“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Mastitis is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [masˈtiːtɪs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "meist bakterielle Entzündung der weiblichen, selten der männlichen Brustdrüse beziehungsweise Milchdrüse".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Mastitis, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Mastitis, spelled M-A-S-T-I-T-I-S.
Definition
- 1meist bakterielle Entzündung der weiblichen, selten der männlichen Brustdrüse beziehungsweise Milchdrüse
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Mastitis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Bei der akuten Mastitis liegen neben makroskopischer Veränderung des Sekrets auch allgemeine Entzündungssymptome wie erhöhte Temperatur, Schmerzen und Schwellung vor.“
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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.