Saccharose

[zaxaˈʁoːzə]

/[zaxaˈʁoːzə]/ noun

The verdict

“Saccharose” is uncommon German (frequency #82,070 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#82,070
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine glykosidische Verbindung aus einem Fructose- und einem Glucose-Baustein

Corpus desk

Index DE-saccharose · Saccharose · German

Saccharose · rank #82,070 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #82,070
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH sachgerechte

Nearest frequency peer: sachgerechte (+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 „Saccharose“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Saccharose“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Saccharose
PropertyValue
HeadwordSaccharose
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[zaxaˈʁoːzə]
Letters10
Frequency rank#82,070
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Saccharose“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Saccharosefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „sachgerechte“ (#82,071), „Salafist“ (#82,074), „Rückständigkeit“ (#82,064). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Saccharose“ bei #82,070. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Saccharose is uncommon German at frequency #82,070 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [zaxaˈʁoːzə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine glykosidische Verbindung aus einem Fructose- und einem Glucose-Baustein".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Saccharose, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Saccharose, spelled S-A-C-C-H-A-R-O-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine glykosidische Verbindung aus einem Fructose- und einem Glucose-Baustein

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Saccharose appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Jeder hat reine Saccharose als normalen Haushaltszucker bei sich zu Hause.

Synonyms

Haushaltszucker

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Saccharose"?
"Saccharose" is spelled S-A-C-C-H-A-R-O-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is [zaxaˈʁoːzə].
What does "Saccharose" mean?
As a noun, "Saccharose" means: eine glykosidische Verbindung aus einem Fructose- und einem Glucose-Baustein
How do you pronounce "Saccharose"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Saccharose" is [zaxaˈʁoːzə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Saccharose" come from?
"Saccharose" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Saccharose", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list