Milzbrand
[ˈmɪlt͡sbʁant]
The verdict
“Milzbrand” is uncommon German (frequency #79,500 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,500
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - vom Bakterium Bacillus anthracis hervorgerufene Infektionskrankheit, die in erster Linie Paarhufer befällt
Corpus desk
Index DE-milzbrand · Milzbrand · German
Milzbrand · rank #79,500 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,500
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH Millionären
Nearest frequency peer: Millionären (-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 „Milzbrand“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Militärpara…
Militärparade
20,504 corpus weight
- milliardens…
milliardenschwere
20,503 corpus weight
- Millionären
Millionären
20,502 corpus weight
- Milzbrand
Milzbrand
20,501 corpus weight
- Minima
Minima
20,500 corpus weight
- Mischformen
Mischformen
20,499 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Milzbrand“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Milzbrand |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmɪlt͡sbʁant] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #79,500 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Milzbrand“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Milzbrand is uncommon German at frequency #79,500 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmɪlt͡sbʁant]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "vom Bakterium Bacillus anthracis hervorgerufene Infektionskrankheit, die in erster Linie Paarhufer befällt".
Milzbrand has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Milzbrand, spelled M-I-L-Z-B-R-A-N-D.
Definition
- 1vom Bakterium Bacillus anthracis hervorgerufene Infektionskrankheit, die in erster Linie Paarhufer befällt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Milzbrand appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Milzbrand wird teilweise als biologische Waffe eingesetzt.
Synonyms
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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