Methanal
[metaˈnaːl]
The verdict
“Methanal” 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 May 6, 2026) - farbloses, stechend riechendes Gas, dessen Moleküle aus einem Kohlenstoffatom und einer Aldehydgruppe bestehen
Corpus desk
Index DE-methanal · Methanal · German
Methanal · 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 | Methanal |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [metaˈnaːl] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Methanal” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Methanal is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [metaˈnaːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "farbloses, stechend riechendes Gas, dessen Moleküle aus einem Kohlenstoffatom und einer Aldehydgruppe bestehen".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Methanal, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Methanal, spelled M-E-T-H-A-N-A-L.
Definition
- 1farbloses, stechend riechendes Gas, dessen Moleküle aus einem Kohlenstoffatom und einer Aldehydgruppe bestehen
Synonyms
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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.