morphologisch

[mɔʁfoˈloːɡɪʃ]

/[mɔʁfoˈloːɡɪʃ]/ adj

The verdict

“morphologisch” is uncommon German (frequency #66,508 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,508
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Morphologie (Lehre von den Morphemen und Wörtern) betreffend; den Regeln der Morphologie entsprechend

Corpus desk

Index DE-morphologisch · morphologisch · German

morphologisch · rank #66,508 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,508
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH morel

Nearest frequency peer: morel (-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 „morphologisch“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „morphologisch“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for morphologisch
PropertyValue
Headwordmorphologisch
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[mɔʁfoˈloːɡɪʃ]
Letters13
Frequency rank#66,508
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „morphologisch“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).morphologischfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „morel“ (#66,507), „Monogamie“ (#66,506), „Motorsäge“ (#66,510). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „morphologisch“ bei #66,508. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

morphologisch is uncommon German at frequency #66,508 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [mɔʁfoˈloːɡɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for morphologisch in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 morphologisch, spelled M-O-R-P-H-O-L-O-G-I-S-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    die Morphologie (Lehre von den Morphemen und Wörtern) betreffend; den Regeln der Morphologie entsprechend
  2. 2
    auf die Lehre der Struktur von Organismen bezogen
  3. 3
    die äußere Gestalt betreffend; der Form oder der Struktur nach; den äußeren Bau betreffend

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how morphologisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Die morphologische Analyse von Wörtern ist Voraussetzung für die Entwicklung von grammatischen Regeln in Flexion, Komparation und Wortbildung.
  2. „Wir stoßen außer den genannten orthographischen und phonetischen noch auf morphologische, semantische und syntaktische Probleme vielfältigster Art, die einer genauen Wortdefinition entgegenstehen.“

Synonyms

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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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "morphologisch"?
"morphologisch" is spelled M-O-R-P-H-O-L-O-G-I-S-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [mɔʁfoˈloːɡɪʃ].
What does "morphologisch" mean?
As an adjective, "morphologisch" means: die Morphologie (Lehre von den Morphemen und Wörtern) betreffend; den Regeln der Morphologie entsprechend
How do you pronounce "morphologisch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "morphologisch" is [mɔʁfoˈloːɡɪʃ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "morphologisch" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "morphologisch", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list