Sekretion
[zekʁeˈt͡si̯oːn]
The verdict
“Sekretion” is uncommon German (frequency #97,681 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,681
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ausfüllung eines Hohlraums im Gestein durch mineralische Stoffe, die von außen nach innen wachsen
Corpus desk
Index DE-sekretion · Sekretion · German
Sekretion · rank #97,681 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,681
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Sekundenschlaf
Nearest frequency peer: Sekundenschlaf (+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 „Sekretion“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Schüttorf
Schüttorf
2,328 corpus weight
- scientia
scientia
2,327 corpus weight
- Sehnsüchten
Sehnsüchten
2,323 corpus weight
- Sekretion
Sekretion
2,320 corpus weight
- Sekundensch…
Sekundenschlaf
2,319 corpus weight
- senkrechter
senkrechter
2,316 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Sekretion“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sekretion |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [zekʁeˈt͡si̯oːn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #97,681 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Sekretion“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Sekretion is uncommon German at frequency #97,681 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [zekʁeˈt͡si̯oːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Sekretion in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Sekretion, spelled S-E-K-R-E-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Ausfüllung eines Hohlraums im Gestein durch mineralische Stoffe, die von außen nach innen wachsen
- 2Ausscheidung von Drüsen oder drüsenähnlichen Zellen, die eine bestimmte Funktion erfüllen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Sekretion appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der Begriff Sekretion (von lat. secretio, zu secernere „abscheiden“) bezeichnet in der Geologie eine teilweise oder komplette Ausfüllung von Hohlräumen in Gesteinen durch Ausfällung von Stoffen aus Lösungen, die in den Hohlraum einwandern.“
„Die Wissenschaftler gehen davon aus, dass die verringerte Sekretion des Hormons Melatonin von entscheidender Bedeutung sein könnte.“
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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