totipotent

[totipoˈtɛnt]

/[totipoˈtɛnt]/ adj

The verdict

“totipotent” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zur allseitigen Entwicklung befähigt

Corpus desk

Index DE-totipotent · totipotent · German

totipotent · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 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.

Key facts for totipotent
PropertyValue
Headwordtotipotent
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[totipoˈtɛnt]
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „totipotent“ im Deutschen

totipotentliegt außerhalb der 100.000 häufigsten deutschen Wörter, im Langschwanz technischer, archaischer oder seltener Formen, genau dort, wo Schreibzweifeln zuschlagen.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

totipotent is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [totipoˈtɛnt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "zur allseitigen Entwicklung befähigt".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for totipotent, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is totipotent, spelled T-O-T-I-P-O-T-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    zur allseitigen Entwicklung befähigt

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how totipotent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Die Zelle ist im embryonalen Zustand noch totipotent.

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "totipotent"?
"totipotent" is spelled T-O-T-I-P-O-T-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is [totipoˈtɛnt].
What does "totipotent" mean?
As an adjective, "totipotent" means: zur allseitigen Entwicklung befähigt
How do you pronounce "totipotent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "totipotent" is [totipoˈtɛnt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "totipotent" come from?
"totipotent" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list