Stickoxid

[ˈʃtɪkʔɔˌksiːt]

/[ˈʃtɪkʔɔˌksiːt]/ noun

The verdict

“Stickoxid” is uncommon German (frequency #88,336 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#88,336
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - gasförmige chemische Verbindung, die aus Sauerstoff und Stickstoff besteht

Corpus desk

Index DE-stickoxid · Stickoxid · German

Stickoxid · rank #88,336 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #88,336
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Stichpunkte

Nearest frequency peer: Stichpunkte (-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 „Stickoxid“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Stickoxid“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Stickoxid
PropertyValue
HeadwordStickoxid
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃtɪkʔɔˌksiːt]
Letters9
Frequency rank#88,336
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Stickoxid“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Stickoxidfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Stichpunkte“ (#88,335), „stimmungsvolles“ (#88,337), „Steuernummer“ (#88,334). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Stickoxid“ bei #88,336. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Stickoxid is uncommon German at frequency #88,336 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃtɪkʔɔˌksiːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "gasförmige chemische Verbindung, die aus Sauerstoff und Stickstoff besteht".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Stickoxid, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Stickoxid, spelled S-T-I-C-K-O-X-I-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    gasförmige chemische Verbindung, die aus Sauerstoff und Stickstoff besteht

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Stickoxid appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Wie Stickoxid der Pflanze bei der Bekämpfung von Schädlingen hilft, ist noch weitgehend unklar.“
  2. „Stickoxid ist aber – ebenso wie Superoxid und Wasserstoffperoxid – auch als Signalgeber an der Mobilisierung von Abwehrgenen in der Pflanze beteiligt.“

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Stickoxid"?
"Stickoxid" is spelled S-T-I-C-K-O-X-I-D. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃtɪkʔɔˌksiːt].
What does "Stickoxid" mean?
As a noun, "Stickoxid" means: gasförmige chemische Verbindung, die aus Sauerstoff und Stickstoff besteht
How do you pronounce "Stickoxid"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Stickoxid" is [ˈʃtɪkʔɔˌksiːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Stickoxid" come from?
"Stickoxid" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Stickoxid", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list