Styrol
[ʃtyˈʁoːl]
The verdict
“Styrol” 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) - ungesättigter aromatischer Kohlenwasserstoff; farblose, benzolartig riechende, stark lichtbrechende, brennbare, leicht polymerisierende Flüssigkeit, die zur Herstellung von Kunststoffen verwendet wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-styrol · Styrol · German
Styrol · 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 | Styrol |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʃtyˈʁoːl] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Styrol“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Styrol is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʃtyˈʁoːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ungesättigter aromatischer Kohlenwasserstoff; farblose, benzolartig riechende, stark lichtbrechende, brennbare, leicht polymerisierende Flüssigkeit, die zur Herstellung von Kunststoffen verwendet wird".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Styrol in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Styrol, spelled S-T-Y-R-O-L.
Definition
- 1ungesättigter aromatischer Kohlenwasserstoff; farblose, benzolartig riechende, stark lichtbrechende, brennbare, leicht polymerisierende Flüssigkeit, die zur Herstellung von Kunststoffen verwendet wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Styrol appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Styrol ist krebserregend.
Das Sicherheitsdatenblatt gemäß VO (EG) 1907 / 2006 weist Styrol als gesundheitsschädlichen Gefahrstoff aus.
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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.