Proband
[pʁoˈbant]
The verdict
“Proband” is uncommon German (frequency #93,428 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,428
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemand, der einer wissenschaftlichen Prüfung oder einer Untersuchung unterzogen wird, der an einem wissenschaftlichen Versuch teilnimmt
Corpus desk
Index DE-proband · Proband · German
Proband · rank #93,428 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,428
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH produzierter
Nearest frequency peer: produzierter (+1 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 „Proband“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- prange
prange
6,577 corpus weight
- Prekariat
Prekariat
6,576 corpus weight
- Proband
Proband
6,573 corpus weight
- produzierter
produzierter
6,572 corpus weight
- Projektile
Projektile
6,571 corpus weight
- Propagandist
Propagandist
6,570 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Proband“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Proband |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pʁoˈbant] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #93,428 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Proband“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Proband is uncommon German at frequency #93,428 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [pʁoˈbant]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemand, der einer wissenschaftlichen Prüfung oder einer Untersuchung unterzogen wird, der an einem wissenschaftlichen Versuch teilnimmt".
No misspelling variants are generated for Proband in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 Proband, spelled P-R-O-B-A-N-D.
Definition
- 1jemand, der einer wissenschaftlichen Prüfung oder einer Untersuchung unterzogen wird, der an einem wissenschaftlichen Versuch teilnimmt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Proband appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Hälfte der Probanden erkrankte bereits nach drei Tagen.
Der Proband wurde vorher ausführlich untersucht
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Antonyms
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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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