Polypeptid
[ˌpolypɛpˈtiːt]
The verdict
“Polypeptid” 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) - Peptid, das aus zehn oder mehr Aminosäuren besteht
Corpus desk
Index DE-polypeptid · Polypeptid · German
Polypeptid · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Polypeptid |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌpolypɛpˈtiːt] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Polypeptid“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Polypeptid is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌpolypɛpˈtiːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Peptid, das aus zehn oder mehr Aminosäuren besteht".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Polypeptid, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 Polypeptid, spelled P-O-L-Y-P-E-P-T-I-D.
Definition
- 1Peptid, das aus zehn oder mehr Aminosäuren besteht
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Polypeptid appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„So kann ein Polypeptid namens DBI, das in hohen Konzentrationen im Gehirn der Ratte vorkommt, Valium und dessen Verwandte von ihren Rezeptoren verdrängen.“
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.