Ribosom
[ʁiboˈzoːm]
The verdict
“Ribosom” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein kugelförmiger Zellbestandteil, der frei im Cytoplasma vorliegt oder an das endoplasmatische Retikulum gebunden ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-ribosom · Ribosom · German
Ribosom · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" 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 | Ribosom |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʁiboˈzoːm] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Ribosom“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Ribosom is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʁiboˈzoːm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein kugelförmiger Zellbestandteil, der frei im Cytoplasma vorliegt oder an das endoplasmatische Retikulum gebunden ist".
No misspelling variants are generated for Ribosom in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Ribosom, spelled R-I-B-O-S-O-M.
Definition
- 1ein kugelförmiger Zellbestandteil, der frei im Cytoplasma vorliegt oder an das endoplasmatische Retikulum gebunden ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Ribosom appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Ribosom besteht aus zwei Untereinheiten.
An den Ribosomen findet die Proteinsynthese statt.
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.