Methadon
[metaˈdoːn]
The verdict
“Methadon” is uncommon German (frequency #66,487 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,487
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Opioid mit schmerzstillender Wirkung
Corpus desk
Index DE-methadon · Methadon · German
Methadon · rank #66,487 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,487
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH Metallindustr…
Nearest frequency peer: Metallindustrie (-1 rank slots)
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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Methadon“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Menke
Menke
33,518 corpus weight
- Menschenged…
Menschengedenken
33,517 corpus weight
- Menschenrec…
Menschenrechtsorganisationen
33,516 corpus weight
- Metallindus…
Metallindustrie
33,515 corpus weight
- Methadon
Methadon
33,514 corpus weight
- metrischen
metrischen
33,513 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Methadon“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Methadon |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [metaˈdoːn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #66,487 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Methadon“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Methadon is uncommon German at frequency #66,487 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [metaˈdoːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Opioid mit schmerzstillender Wirkung".
Methadon doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Methadon, spelled M-E-T-H-A-D-O-N.
Definition
- 1Opioid mit schmerzstillender Wirkung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Methadon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Alle diese Leute, der Töpfer auf Methadon, der Glasbläser auf Percodan, der Silberschmied auf Vicodin – sie alle haben ihre Nische gefunden.“
„Offenbar schämt er sich für seine Privilegien genug, um sich wie einer zu verkleiden, der dienstags um halb eins in einer Apotheke in der Shields Road - der abgewracktesten Hauptstraße Englands - Methadon abgreift, aber nicht so sehr, dass er vor Kollegen nicht mit der Schwanzgröße seines Onkels angeben würde.“
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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