Steroid
[ʃteʁoˈiːt]
The verdict
“Steroid” is uncommon German (frequency #97,753 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,753
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine für die biologischen Funktionen wichtige, lipophile organische Verbindung mit vier Kohlenstoffringen
Corpus desk
Index DE-steroid · Steroid · German
Steroid · rank #97,753 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,753
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH stents
Nearest frequency peer: stents (-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 „Steroid“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Steinmetzen
Steinmetzen
2,251 corpus weight
- stents
stents
2,249 corpus weight
- Steroid
Steroid
2,248 corpus weight
- stillschwei…
stillschweigende
2,247 corpus weight
- stilvoller
stilvoller
2,246 corpus weight
- Stimmgabel
Stimmgabel
2,245 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Steroid“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Steroid |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʃteʁoˈiːt] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #97,753 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Steroid“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Steroid is uncommon German at frequency #97,753 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʃteʁoˈiːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine für die biologischen Funktionen wichtige, lipophile organische Verbindung mit vier Kohlenstoffringen".
No misspelling variants are generated for Steroid in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Steroid, spelled S-T-E-R-O-I-D.
Definition
- 1eine für die biologischen Funktionen wichtige, lipophile organische Verbindung mit vier Kohlenstoffringen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Steroid appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Derzeit sind mehr als 20.000 Steroide bekannt, von denen rund zwei Prozent medizinische Bedeutung haben.
Im Dezember 1998 verurteilte ihn die 34.Große Strafkammer für die Steuerung der Vergabe von virilisierend wirkenden, stark gesundheitsschädigenden anabolen Steroiden an neun minderjährige Schwimmerinnen.
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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