Ozonschicht

[oˈt͡soːnˌʃɪçt]

/[oˈt͡soːnˌʃɪçt]/ noun

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Ozonschicht
PropertyValue
HeadwordOzonschicht
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[oˈt͡soːnˌʃɪçt]
Letters11
Frequency rank#73,864
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Ozonschicht“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Outlaw“ (#73,863), „Paladin“ (#73,865), „Ostflügel“ (#73,862). Unter 1,007 „O“-Lemmata liegt „Ozonschicht“ bei #73,864. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Schicht in der unteren Stratosphäre in 20 bis 50 Kilometer Höhe, die mit Ozon angereichert ist

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Das Montrealer Protokoll über Stoffe, die zu einem Abbau der Ozonschicht führen, ist ein multilaterales Umweltabkommen und damit ein völkerrechtlich verbindlicher Vertrag des Umweltrechts.“
  2. „Daher ist etwa in Australien, wo die Ozonschicht sehr dünn ist, das Hautkrebsrisiko besonders hoch.“

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); 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 "Ozonschicht"?
"Ozonschicht" is spelled O-Z-O-N-S-C-H-I-C-H-T. The IPA pronunciation is [oˈt͡soːnˌʃɪçt].
What does "Ozonschicht" mean?
As a noun, "Ozonschicht" means: Schicht in der unteren Stratosphäre in 20 bis 50 Kilometer Höhe, die mit Ozon angereichert ist
How do you pronounce "Ozonschicht"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Ozonschicht" is [oˈt͡soːnˌʃɪçt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Ozonschicht" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list