nitrocellulose
[ˌnaɪtrəˈseljʊləʊs]
The verdict
“nitrocellulose” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nitrozellulose
Corpus desk
Index DE-nitrocellulose · nitrocellulose · German
nitrocellulose · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" 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 | nitrocellulose |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌnaɪtrəˈseljʊləʊs] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „nitrocellulose“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
nitrocellulose is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌnaɪtrəˈseljʊləʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nitrozellulose".
No generated misspelling entries exist for nitrocellulose in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is nitrocellulose, spelled N-I-T-R-O-C-E-L-L-U-L-O-S-E.
Definition
- 1Nitrozellulose
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how nitrocellulose appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"The nitrocelluloses are all highly inflammable bodies, the more highly nitrated burning with explosive force."
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.