spalterbig
[ˈʃpaltˌʔɛʁbɪç]
The verdict
“spalterbig” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - durch verschiedene mütterliche und väterliche Erbanlagen, den Allelen eines Genpaares, bestimmt
Corpus desk
Index DE-spalterbig · spalterbig · German
spalterbig · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | spalterbig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʃpaltˌʔɛʁbɪç] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „spalterbig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
spalterbig is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʃpaltˌʔɛʁbɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "durch verschiedene mütterliche und väterliche Erbanlagen, den Allelen eines Genpaares, bestimmt".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for spalterbig, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is spalterbig, spelled S-P-A-L-T-E-R-B-I-G.
Definition
- 1durch verschiedene mütterliche und väterliche Erbanlagen, den Allelen eines Genpaares, bestimmt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how spalterbig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Das, was ich die „Fassung des Codes“ nannte, […] trägt die Bezeichnung „Allel“. Wenn die Fassungen verschieden sind […], wird das Individuum spalterbig in Bezug auf jenes Gen genannt. Sind sie wie im nichtmutierten Individuum […] gleich, so werden sie reinerbig genannt.“
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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.