Sphinkter
[ˈsfɪŋktɐ]
The verdict
“Sphinkter” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ringförmiger Muskel, der ein Organ (meist ein Hohlorgan) oder Organteile gegeneinander abschließt
Corpus desk
Index DE-sphinkter · Sphinkter · German
Sphinkter · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | Sphinkter |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈsfɪŋktɐ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Sphinkter“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Sphinkter is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈsfɪŋktɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ringförmiger Muskel, der ein Organ (meist ein Hohlorgan) oder Organteile gegeneinander abschließt".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Sphinkter, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Sphinkter, spelled S-P-H-I-N-K-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1ringförmiger Muskel, der ein Organ (meist ein Hohlorgan) oder Organteile gegeneinander abschließt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Sphinkter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Sonde sollte nicht durch den unteren oesophagealen Sphinkter geführt werden.
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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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.