Methangas
[meˈtaːnˌɡaːs]
The verdict
“Methangas” 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) - gasförmiges Methan
Corpus desk
Index DE-methangas · Methangas · German
Methangas · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | Methangas |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [meˈtaːnˌɡaːs] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Methangas“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Methangas is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [meˈtaːnˌɡaːs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "gasförmiges Methan".
No misspelling variants are generated for Methangas in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 Methangas, spelled M-E-T-H-A-N-G-A-S.
Definition
- 1gasförmiges Methan
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Methangas appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In höheren Konzentrationen wirkt Methangas betäubend und erstickend.
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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.