polyploid
[poliploˈiːt]
The verdict
“polyploid” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - mehr als zwei haploide Chromosomensätze im Zellkern aufweisend
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | polyploid |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [poliploˈiːt] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “polyploid” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
polyploid is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [poliploˈiːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mehr als zwei haploide Chromosomensätze im Zellkern aufweisend".
Zero misspellings are on record for polyploid in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is polyploid, spelled P-O-L-Y-P-L-O-I-D.
Definition
- 1mehr als zwei haploide Chromosomensätze im Zellkern aufweisend
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.
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Using “polyploid”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is P-O-L-Y-P-L-O-I-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.