Pharynx
[ˈfaːʁʏŋks]
The verdict
“Pharynx” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit Schleimhaut ausgekleideter gemeinsamer Atem- und Speiseweg im Anschluss an die Mund- und Nasenhöhle bei Menschen und Wirbeltieren
Corpus desk
Index DE-pharynx · Pharynx · German
Pharynx · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | Pharynx |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfaːʁʏŋks] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Pharynx“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Pharynx is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfaːʁʏŋks]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mit Schleimhaut ausgekleideter gemeinsamer Atem- und Speiseweg im Anschluss an die Mund- und Nasenhöhle bei Menschen und Wirbeltieren".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Pharynx in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Pharynx, spelled P-H-A-R-Y-N-X.
Definition
- 1mit Schleimhaut ausgekleideter gemeinsamer Atem- und Speiseweg im Anschluss an die Mund- und Nasenhöhle bei Menschen und Wirbeltieren
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Pharynx appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich habe eine Entzündung im Pharynx.
Mundhöhle und Pharynx bilden funktionell eine Einheit, in der sich Luft- und Speisewege kreuzen.
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.