Ozonschicht
[oˈt͡soːnˌʃɪçt]
The verdict
“Ozonschicht” is uncommon German (frequency #73,864 among 1,007 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,864
- frequency rank, German
- 1,007
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Schicht in der unteren Stratosphäre in 20 bis 50 Kilometer Höhe, die mit Ozon angereichert ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-ozonschicht · Ozonschicht · German
Ozonschicht · rank #73,864 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,864
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,007
- PHOTO-FINISH Outlaw
Nearest frequency peer: Outlaw (-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 „Ozonschicht“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Ostflügel
Ostflügel
26,139 corpus weight
- Outlaw
Outlaw
26,138 corpus weight
- Ozonschicht
Ozonschicht
26,137 corpus weight
- Paladin
Paladin
26,136 corpus weight
- Palliative
Palliative
26,134 corpus weight
- Papiertüte
Papiertüte
26,132 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Ozonschicht“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ozonschicht |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [oˈt͡soːnˌʃɪçt] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #73,864 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Ozonschicht“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Ozonschicht is uncommon German at frequency #73,864 among 1,007 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [oˈt͡soːnˌʃɪçt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Schicht in der unteren Stratosphäre in 20 bis 50 Kilometer Höhe, die mit Ozon angereichert ist".
No misspelling variants are generated for Ozonschicht in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Ozonschicht, spelled O-Z-O-N-S-C-H-I-C-H-T.
Definition
- 1Schicht in der unteren Stratosphäre in 20 bis 50 Kilometer Höhe, die mit Ozon angereichert ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Ozonschicht appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Das Montrealer Protokoll über Stoffe, die zu einem Abbau der Ozonschicht führen, ist ein multilaterales Umweltabkommen und damit ein völkerrechtlich verbindlicher Vertrag des Umweltrechts.“
„Daher ist etwa in Australien, wo die Ozonschicht sehr dünn ist, das Hautkrebsrisiko besonders hoch.“
Synonyms
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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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