Peritoneum
[peʁitoˈneːʊm]
The verdict
“Peritoneum” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tunica serosa, welche den Bauchraum auskleidet
Corpus desk
Index DE-peritoneum · Peritoneum · German
Peritoneum · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | Peritoneum |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [peʁitoˈneːʊm] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Peritoneum“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Peritoneum is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [peʁitoˈneːʊm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tunica serosa, welche den Bauchraum auskleidet".
Peritoneum doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Peritoneum, spelled P-E-R-I-T-O-N-E-U-M.
Definition
- 1Tunica serosa, welche den Bauchraum auskleidet
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Peritoneum appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Manche Auflagerungen sind nur stecknadelkopfgroß, andere wachsen polypenartig vom Bauchfell ausgehend in die Bauchhöhle vor oder dringen zerstörerisch unter das Peritoneum in das umgebende Bindegewebe ein."
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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.