Melanin
[melaˈniːn]
The verdict
“Melanin” 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) - weit verbreitete dunkelbraune bis schwarze oder gelbliche bis rötliche Pigmente
Corpus desk
Index DE-melanin · Melanin · German
Melanin · 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 "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 | Melanin |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [melaˈniːn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Melanin“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Melanin is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [melaˈniːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "weit verbreitete dunkelbraune bis schwarze oder gelbliche bis rötliche Pigmente".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Melanin in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Melanin, spelled M-E-L-A-N-I-N.
Definition
- 1weit verbreitete dunkelbraune bis schwarze oder gelbliche bis rötliche Pigmente
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Melanin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der Pilz, Cladosporium sphaerospermum, verdankt seine Farbe einem Mantel aus Melanin.“
„So kann der zweite Wirkstoff, das Hydrochinon, leichter in die Zellen eindringen - und dort verhindern, dass neues Melanin gebildet wird.“
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.