Tetanus
[ˈteːtanʊs]
The verdict
“Tetanus” is uncommon German (frequency #50,923 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,923
- frequency rank, German
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Infektionskrankheit, die Lähmungen und Muskelkrämpfe zur Folge hat und häufig tödlich endet
Corpus desk
Index DE-tetanus · Tetanus · German
Tetanus · rank #50,923 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,923
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH testete
Nearest frequency peer: testete (-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 „Tetanus“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Temperaturs…
Temperaturschwankungen
49,081 corpus weight
- testete
testete
49,079 corpus weight
- Tetanus
Tetanus
49,078 corpus weight
- Tettnang
Tettnang
49,077 corpus weight
- Thule
Thule
49,076 corpus weight
- thüringische
thüringische
49,075 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Tetanus“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Tetanus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈteːtanʊs] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #50,923 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Tetanus“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Tetanus is uncommon German at frequency #50,923 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈteːtanʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Infektionskrankheit, die Lähmungen und Muskelkrämpfe zur Folge hat und häufig tödlich endet".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Tetanus in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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 its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Tetanus, spelled T-E-T-A-N-U-S.
Definition
- 1Infektionskrankheit, die Lähmungen und Muskelkrämpfe zur Folge hat und häufig tödlich endet
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Tetanus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Impfung gegen Tetanus wurde 1927 eingeführt.
„Bei anderen Infektionskrankheiten wie Diphtherie, Tetanus, Keuchhusten und anderen ist zwar eine weltweite Ausrottung nicht erreichbar, aber die in deutschsprachigen und vielen anderen Ländern erreichten Erfolge der Schutzimpfung sind sehr eindrucksvoll.“
Synonyms
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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).