Phenol
[feˈnoːl]
The verdict
“Phenol” is uncommon German (frequency #83,155 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,155
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - farbloser, giftiger Stoff, der in Industrie und Medizin von Bedeutung ist und das einfachste [2] ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-phenol · Phenol · German
Phenol · rank #83,155 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,155
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Perspektivenw…
Nearest frequency peer: Perspektivenwechsel (-2 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 „Phenol“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- perhaps
perhaps
16,849 corpus weight
- Perspektive…
Perspektivenwechsel
16,848 corpus weight
- Phenol
Phenol
16,846 corpus weight
- pickt
pickt
16,844 corpus weight
- Pilsner
Pilsner
16,843 corpus weight
- pita
pita
16,842 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Phenol“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Phenol |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [feˈnoːl] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #83,155 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Phenol“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Phenol is uncommon German at frequency #83,155 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [feˈnoːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Phenol has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 Phenol, spelled P-H-E-N-O-L.
Definition
- 1farbloser, giftiger Stoff, der in Industrie und Medizin von Bedeutung ist und das einfachste [2] ist
- 2ein chemischer Stoff, der einen aromatischen Ring und daran gebundene Hydroxygruppen aufweist
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Phenol appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Phenole sind ein- oder mehrkernige, aromatische Verbindungen.
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); 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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