Sorghum
[ˈzɔʁɡʊm]
The verdict
“Sorghum” 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) - Wissenschaftlicher Name der Gattung „Mohrenhirse“ aus der Familie der Süßgräser
Corpus desk
Index DE-sorghum · Sorghum · German
Sorghum · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | Sorghum |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈzɔʁɡʊm] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Sorghum“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Sorghum is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈzɔʁɡʊm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Wissenschaftlicher Name der Gattung „Mohrenhirse“ aus der Familie der Süßgräser".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Sorghum, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 Sorghum, spelled S-O-R-G-H-U-M.
Definition
- 1Wissenschaftlicher Name der Gattung „Mohrenhirse“ aus der Familie der Süßgräser
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Sorghum appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sorghum ist das Grundnahrungsmittel vieler afrikanischer Stämme.
Ursprünglich war das anspruchslose Sorghum in Afrika beheimatet, aber heute wird es weltweit angebaut und ist die fünftwichtigste Nahrungsgetreideart der Welt.
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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.