Serotonin
[zeʁotoˈniːn]
The verdict
“Serotonin” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #45,583. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #45,583
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Neurotransmitter und Gewebshormon, das mehrere Funktionen im menschlichen Herz-Kreislauf-System, Verdauungssystem und Nervensystem hat
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Serotonin |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [zeʁotoˈniːn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #45,583 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Serotonin” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Serotonin (IPA [zeʁotoˈniːn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #45,583 among 107,600 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Neurotransmitter und Gewebshormon, das mehrere Funktionen im menschlichen Herz-Kreislauf-System, Verdauungssystem und Nervensystem hat".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Serotonin, with forms such as "esrotonin", "seortonin", and "serootnin". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Serotonin, spelled S-E-R-O-T-O-N-I-N.
Definition
- 1Neurotransmitter und Gewebshormon, das mehrere Funktionen im menschlichen Herz-Kreislauf-System, Verdauungssystem und Nervensystem hat
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- esrotonin
- seortonin
- serootnin
- serotnoin
- serotoinn
- serotoninn
- serotonni
- serotonnin
- serottonin
- serrotonin
- sertoonin
- sreotonin
- sserotonin
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Serotonin - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “Serotonin”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-E-R-O-T-O-N-I-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [zeʁotoˈniːn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.