Meteoroid
[meteˌoʁoˈiːt]
The verdict
“Meteoroid” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kleiner Himmelskörper im Sonnensystem mit einer Umlaufbahn um die Sonne
Corpus desk
Index DE-meteoroid · Meteoroid · German
Meteoroid · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | Meteoroid |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [meteˌoʁoˈiːt] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Meteoroid“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Meteoroid is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [meteˌoʁoˈiːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kleiner Himmelskörper im Sonnensystem mit einer Umlaufbahn um die Sonne".
Meteoroid doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Meteoroid, spelled M-E-T-E-O-R-O-I-D.
Definition
- 1kleiner Himmelskörper im Sonnensystem mit einer Umlaufbahn um die Sonne
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Meteoroid appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Gelangt ein Meteoroid ohne in der Atmosphäre vollständig zu verglühen auf die Erdoberfläche, bezeichnet man ihn als Meteorit.“
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.