Synapse
[zyˈnapsə]
The verdict
“Synapse” is uncommon German (frequency #93,683 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,683
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zur Signalübertragung zwischen Nervenzellen dienende Verbindung zweier Zellen
Corpus desk
Index DE-synapse · Synapse · German
Synapse · rank #93,683 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,683
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Sägeblatt
Nearest frequency peer: Sägeblatt (+2 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 „Synapse“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- substance
substance
6,323 corpus weight
- substanziell
substanziell
6,322 corpus weight
- Sukzession
Sukzession
6,321 corpus weight
- Synapse
Synapse
6,318 corpus weight
- Sägeblatt
Sägeblatt
6,316 corpus weight
- südländisch…
südländisches
6,314 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Synapse“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Synapse |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [zyˈnapsə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #93,683 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Synapse“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Synapse is uncommon German at frequency #93,683 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [zyˈnapsə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "zur Signalübertragung zwischen Nervenzellen dienende Verbindung zweier Zellen".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Synapse in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Synapse, spelled S-Y-N-A-P-S-E.
Definition
- 1zur Signalübertragung zwischen Nervenzellen dienende Verbindung zweier Zellen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Synapse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die synaptische Plastizität, das heißt die ständige Anpassung der Synapsen in Abhängigkeit der elektrischen Aktivität der Zellen, ist eine Voraussetzung für die bis heute nur teilweise verstandenen komplexen Funktionen des Gehirns.
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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