thorakal
[toʁaˈkaːl]
The verdict
“thorakal” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - den Thorax (Brustraum) betreffend oder zum Thorax gehörig
Corpus desk
Index DE-thorakal · thorakal · German
thorakal · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" 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 | thorakal |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [toʁaˈkaːl] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „thorakal“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
thorakal is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [toʁaˈkaːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "den Thorax (Brustraum) betreffend oder zum Thorax gehörig".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for thorakal, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 thorakal, spelled T-H-O-R-A-K-A-L.
Definition
- 1den Thorax (Brustraum) betreffend oder zum Thorax gehörig
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how thorakal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die thorakale Strahlentherapie birgt stets das Risiko der Entstehung einer Pneumonitis, deren frühe Diagnose äußerst wichtig ist.
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.