Melatonin
[melatoˈniːn]
The verdict
“Melatonin” is uncommon German (frequency #84,296 among 44,424 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,296
- frequency rank, German
- 44,424
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Hormon, das in den Pinealozyten der Epiphyse aus Serotonin (verstärkt bei Dunkelheit) gebildet wird, das bei Säugetieren den Stoffwechsel senkt und die Funktion der Schilddrüse dämpft und bei Amphi...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Melatonin |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [melatoˈniːn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #84,296 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Melatonin” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Melatonin is uncommon German at frequency #84,296 among 44,424 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [melatoˈniːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hormon, das in den Pinealozyten der Epiphyse aus Serotonin (verstärkt bei Dunkelheit) gebildet wird, das bei Säugetieren den Stoffwechsel senkt und die Funktion der Schilddrüse dämpft und bei Amphi...".
No misspelling variants are generated for Melatonin in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Melatonin, spelled M-E-L-A-T-O-N-I-N.
Definition
- 1Hormon, das in den Pinealozyten der Epiphyse aus Serotonin (verstärkt bei Dunkelheit) gebildet wird, das bei Säugetieren den Stoffwechsel senkt und die Funktion der Schilddrüse dämpft und bei Amphibien die Aufhellung der Haut verursacht
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Melatonin”
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- The one correct German spelling is M-E-L-A-T-O-N-I-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [melatoˈniːn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.