Quinoa
[kiˈnoːa]
The verdict
“Quinoa” is uncommon German (frequency #57,337 among 216 “Q” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,337
- frequency rank, German
- 216
- “Q” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zur Familie der Fuchsschwanzgewächse gehörende, einjährige krautige Pflanze, die als Pseudogetreide als ein vollwertiger Getreideersatz dienen soll
Corpus desk
Index DE-quinoa · Quinoa · German
Quinoa · rank #57,337 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,337
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 216
- PHOTO-FINISH quiet
Nearest frequency peer: quiet (-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 „Quinoa“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- qualvollen
qualvollen
42,667 corpus weight
- quiet
quiet
42,665 corpus weight
- Quinoa
Quinoa
42,664 corpus weight
- Quito
Quito
42,663 corpus weight
- Ramsch
Ramsch
42,662 corpus weight
- Ration
Ration
42,661 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Quinoa“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Quinoa |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kiˈnoːa] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #57,337 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Quinoa“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Quinoa is uncommon German at frequency #57,337 among 216 “Q” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kiˈnoːa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "zur Familie der Fuchsschwanzgewächse gehörende, einjährige krautige Pflanze, die als Pseudogetreide als ein vollwertiger Getreideersatz dienen soll".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Quinoa, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Quinoa, spelled Q-U-I-N-O-A.
Definition
- 1zur Familie der Fuchsschwanzgewächse gehörende, einjährige krautige Pflanze, die als Pseudogetreide als ein vollwertiger Getreideersatz dienen soll
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Quinoa appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Auch Quinoa stammt ursprünglich aus Südamerika, kommt aber im Vergleich zu Amarant mit geringeren Mindesttemperaturen zurecht und ist begrenzt frosttolerant.“
Sie verfeinerten durch gezielte, genetische Auswahl das Andengras zu Quinoa, bauten Kiwicha, Chocha, Oca und Olluca an - lauter nahrhafte, resistente andine Lupinen- und Knollengewächse.
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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