Phänotyp
[ˈfɛːnoˌtyːp]
The verdict
“Phänotyp” is uncommon German (frequency #84,407 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,407
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das äußere, sichtbare Erscheinungsbild eines Lebewesens, das durch die Erbanlagen und Umwelteinflüsse ausgeprägt wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-phanotyp · Phänotyp · German
Phänotyp · rank #84,407 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,407
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH pikanten
Nearest frequency peer: pikanten (+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 „Phänotyp“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Pflanzenöl
Pflanzenöl
15,598 corpus weight
- Pflichtteil
Pflichtteil
15,597 corpus weight
- Phänotyp
Phänotyp
15,594 corpus weight
- pikanten
pikanten
15,593 corpus weight
- Pilaster
Pilaster
15,592 corpus weight
- pill
pill
15,591 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Phänotyp“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Phänotyp |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfɛːnoˌtyːp] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #84,407 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Phänotyp“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Phänotyp is uncommon German at frequency #84,407 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfɛːnoˌtyːp]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "das äußere, sichtbare Erscheinungsbild eines Lebewesens, das durch die Erbanlagen und Umwelteinflüsse ausgeprägt wird".
No misspelling variants are generated for Phänotyp in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Phänotyp, spelled P-H-Ä-N-O-T-Y-P.
Definition
- 1das äußere, sichtbare Erscheinungsbild eines Lebewesens, das durch die Erbanlagen und Umwelteinflüsse ausgeprägt wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Phänotyp appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Phänotypen der beiden Schwesterarten unterscheiden sich deutlich voneinander.
„Veränderungen an relativ kleinen genetischen Regionen können große Auswirkungen auf die Phänotypen haben.“
Antonyms
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.
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