spinal
[ʃpiˈnaːl]
The verdict
“spinal” is uncommon German (frequency #94,911 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,911
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Wirbelsäule, das Rückenmark betreffend
Corpus desk
Index DE-spinal · spinal · German
spinal · rank #94,911 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,911
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH spiro
Nearest frequency peer: spiro (+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 „spinal“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- spielender
spielender
5,094 corpus weight
- Spielformen
Spielformen
5,093 corpus weight
- Spielpläne
Spielpläne
5,092 corpus weight
- spinal
spinal
5,090 corpus weight
- spiro
spiro
5,089 corpus weight
- sportlichem
sportlichem
5,086 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „spinal“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | spinal |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ʃpiˈnaːl] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #94,911 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „spinal“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
spinal is uncommon German at frequency #94,911 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ʃpiˈnaːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die Wirbelsäule, das Rückenmark betreffend".
No misspelling variants are generated for spinal in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is spinal, spelled S-P-I-N-A-L.
Definition
- 1die Wirbelsäule, das Rückenmark betreffend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how spinal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Schwere Rückenschmerzen, verursacht durch eine sogenannte Spinale Stenose (Verengung des Wirbelkanals), hätten den mehrfachen Grammy- und Oscar-Gewinner zu dieser Entscheidung gezwungen.
In Deutschland werden jedes Jahr rund 80 Kinder mit einer spinalen Muskelatrophie (SMA) geboren.
Synonyms
Antonyms
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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