rosacea

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The verdict

“rosacea” 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) - eine Hautkrankheit; die Rosazea

Corpus desk

Index DE-rosacea · rosacea · German

rosacea · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 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.

Key facts for rosacea
PropertyValue
Headwordrosacea
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „rosacea“ im Deutschen

rosaceasitzt jenseits der 100.000 häufigsten deutschen Formen, im Schwanz spezialisierten oder seltenen Wortschatzes.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

rosacea is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Hautkrankheit; die Rosazea".

No misspelling variants are generated for rosacea in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is rosacea, spelled R-O-S-A-C-E-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Hautkrankheit; die Rosazea

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rosacea"?
"rosacea" is spelled R-O-S-A-C-E-A. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "rosacea" mean?
As a noun, "rosacea" means: eine Hautkrankheit; die Rosazea
How do you pronounce "rosacea"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rosacea" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rosacea" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list