subsp.
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The verdict
“subsp.” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an abbreviation. 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) - Subspezies, Unterart
Corpus desk
Index DE-subsp · subsp. · German
subsp. · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- 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 | subsp. |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „subsp.“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
subsp. is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anabbreviation, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Subspezies, Unterart".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for subsp., which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is subsp., spelled S-U-B-S-P-..
Definition
- 1Subspezies, Unterart
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how subsp. appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Lilium pardalinum subsp. pitkinense, im Englischen Pitkin Marsh Lily, ist eine sehr seltene Unterart der Panther-Lilie aus der Familie der Liliengewächse.
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.