Sulfat
[zʊlˈfaːt]
The verdict
“Sulfat” is uncommon German (frequency #68,730 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,730
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Salz oder Ester der Schwefelsäure
Corpus desk
Index DE-sulfat · Sulfat · German
Sulfat · rank #68,730 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,730
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH subventionier…
Nearest frequency peer: subventionieren (-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 „Sulfat“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Störfall
Störfall
31,274 corpus weight
- stückweise
stückweise
31,273 corpus weight
- subventioni…
subventionieren
31,272 corpus weight
- Sulfat
Sulfat
31,271 corpus weight
- sumpfigen
sumpfigen
31,270 corpus weight
- surveillance
surveillance
31,269 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Sulfat“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sulfat |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [zʊlˈfaːt] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #68,730 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Sulfat“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Sulfat is uncommon German at frequency #68,730 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [zʊlˈfaːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Salz oder Ester der Schwefelsäure".
Sulfat doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 Sulfat, spelled S-U-L-F-A-T.
Definition
- 1Salz oder Ester der Schwefelsäure
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Sulfat appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Kupfersulfatkristalle kann man leicht zu Hause selber züchten.
Im Wein oxidiert ein Teil der schwefeligen Säure zu Sulfat.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).