parasitisch
[paʁaˈziːtɪʃ]
The verdict
“parasitisch” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in der Art eines Parasiten
Corpus desk
Index DE-parasitisch · parasitisch · German
parasitisch · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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 | parasitisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [paʁaˈziːtɪʃ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „parasitisch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
parasitisch is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [paʁaˈziːtɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "in der Art eines Parasiten".
No generated misspelling entries exist for parasitisch in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 parasitisch, spelled P-A-R-A-S-I-T-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1in der Art eines Parasiten
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how parasitisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bandwürmer leben parasitisch im Darm.
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.