Milzbrand
[ˈmɪlt͡sbʁant]
The verdict
“Milzbrand” is an uncommon German word, ranked #79,500 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #79,500
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - vom Bakterium Bacillus anthracis hervorgerufene Infektionskrankheit, die in erster Linie Paarhufer befällt
| 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) |
Where “Milzbrand” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Milzbrand is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈmɪlt͡sbʁant]. Corpus data places it at rank #79,500 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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
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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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Using “Milzbrand”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is M-I-L-Z-B-R-A-N-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈmɪlt͡sbʁant] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
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.