Penicillin
[penit͡sɪˈliːn]
The verdict
“Penicillin” is uncommon German (frequency #53,148 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,148
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eines der ältesten Antibiotika, hergestellt auf der Basis eines Schimmelpilzes
Corpus desk
Index DE-penicillin · Penicillin · German
Penicillin · rank #53,148 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,148
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Peiniger
Nearest frequency peer: Peiniger (-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 „Penicillin“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- pasteur
pasteur
46,857 corpus weight
- Patina
Patina
46,856 corpus weight
- Peiniger
Peiniger
46,854 corpus weight
- Penicillin
Penicillin
46,853 corpus weight
- Personensch…
Personenschutz
46,851 corpus weight
- Persönlichk…
Persönlichkeitsrecht
46,850 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Penicillin“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Penicillin |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [penit͡sɪˈliːn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #53,148 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Penicillin“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Penicillin is uncommon German at frequency #53,148 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [penit͡sɪˈliːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eines der ältesten Antibiotika, hergestellt auf der Basis eines Schimmelpilzes".
No misspelling variants are generated for Penicillin in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Penicillin, spelled P-E-N-I-C-I-L-L-I-N.
Definition
- 1eines der ältesten Antibiotika, hergestellt auf der Basis eines Schimmelpilzes
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Penicillin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Das ‚Wundermedikament‘ Penicillin wurde erstmals während des Zweiten Weltkriegs in großem Maßstab eingesetzt, und man sah eine Zukunft ohne ansteckende Krankheiten voraus.“
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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