Sputum
[ˈʃpuːtʊm]
The verdict
“Sputum” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - schleimiges Sekret der tiefen Atemwege, das abgehustet wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-sputum · Sputum · German
Sputum · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 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 | Sputum |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃpuːtʊm] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Sputum“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Sputum is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃpuːtʊm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "schleimiges Sekret der tiefen Atemwege, das abgehustet wird".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Sputum in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 Sputum, spelled S-P-U-T-U-M.
Definition
- 1schleimiges Sekret der tiefen Atemwege, das abgehustet wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Sputum appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bei einer Atemwegsinfektion kann eine mikrobiologische Untersuchung des Sputums sinnvoll sein.
Synonyms
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.