Molekel
[moˈleːkl̩]
The verdict
“Molekel” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aus gleichartigen oder verschiedenen Atomen zusammengefügtes, mehr oder weniger selbständiges kleinstmögliches Teilchen von Verbindungen
Corpus desk
Index DE-molekel · Molekel · German
Molekel · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | Molekel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [moˈleːkl̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Molekel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Molekel is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [moˈleːkl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "aus gleichartigen oder verschiedenen Atomen zusammengefügtes, mehr oder weniger selbständiges kleinstmögliches Teilchen von Verbindungen".
Molekel has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Molekel, spelled M-O-L-E-K-E-L.
Definition
- 1aus gleichartigen oder verschiedenen Atomen zusammengefügtes, mehr oder weniger selbständiges kleinstmögliches Teilchen von Verbindungen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Molekel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Am eindeutigsten verwirklicht ist die Molekel im Gaszustand, wo sie sich als freie Korpuskel oberhalb des aboluten Nullpunktes in unaufhörlich umherschwirrender Wärmebewegung befindet […].“
Synonyms
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.