phlebitis
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The verdict
“phlebitis” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Entzündung der Gefäßwand einer Vene, meist von Bakterien verursacht
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Index DE-phlebitis · phlebitis · German
phlebitis · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | phlebitis |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „phlebitis“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
phlebitis is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Entzündung der Gefäßwand einer Vene, meist von Bakterien verursacht".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for phlebitis, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is phlebitis, spelled P-H-L-E-B-I-T-I-S.
Definition
- 1Entzündung der Gefäßwand einer Vene, meist von Bakterien verursacht
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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.