Molekül
[moleˈkyːl]
The verdict
“Molekül” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #29,702. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,702
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zwei oder mehr Atome in einem abgeschlossenen Verband, die durch eine kovalente Bindung miteinander verknüpft sind
Corpus desk
Index DE-molekul · Molekül · German
Molekül · rank #29,702 · 10 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #29,702
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH Misshandlungen
Nearest frequency peer: Misshandlungen (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Molekül“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Mietpreise
Mietpreise
70,303 corpus weight
- military
military
70,302 corpus weight
- militärisch…
militärisches
70,301 corpus weight
- Misshandlun…
Misshandlungen
70,300 corpus weight
- Molekül
Molekül
70,299 corpus weight
- muslimischer
muslimischer
70,296 corpus weight
What this shows „Molekül“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Molekül |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [moleˈkyːl] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #29,702 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Molekül“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Molekül (IPA [moleˈkyːl]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,702 among 3,571 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "zwei oder mehr Atome in einem abgeschlossenen Verband, die durch eine kovalente Bindung miteinander verknüpft sind".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Molekül, with forms such as "mloekül", "mmolekül", and "moelkül". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Moleküle", "Molekülen", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Molekül, spelled M-O-L-E-K-Ü-L.
Definition
- 1zwei oder mehr Atome in einem abgeschlossenen Verband, die durch eine kovalente Bindung miteinander verknüpft sind
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Molekül appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das leichteste Molekül ist ein Wasserstoffmolekül.
„Im offenen Meer vermischen sich chemische Stoffe gut, doch für das Überleben komplexer Moleküle ist es nicht ideal.“
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- mloekül
- mmolekül
- moelkül
- molekkül
- moleklü
- moleküll
- moleükl
- molkeül
- mollekül
- omlekül
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Molekül - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Molekül", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).