Uracil

[uʁaˈt͡siːl]

/[uʁaˈt͡siːl]/ noun

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The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency German
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bestandteil/Baustein der Ribonukleinsäure

Corpus desk

Index DE-uracil · Uracil · German

Uracil · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "U" 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 Uracil
PropertyValue
HeadwordUracil
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[uʁaˈt͡siːl]
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Uracil” sits in German frequency

Uracilsits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent German words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

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

Rare enough to double-check

Uracil is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [uʁaˈt͡siːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bestandteil/Baustein der Ribonukleinsäure".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Uracil in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Uracil, spelled U-R-A-C-I-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bestandteil/Baustein der Ribonukleinsäure

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Thymin wird also im Gegensatz zur DNA durch Uracil ersetzt. Die RNA geht zwar aus der DNA hervor, stellt aber keine identische Kopie der DNA dar. Den Vorgang der Informationsübertragung nennt man Transkription.“

Antonyms

AdeninCytosinGuaninThymin

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Uracil"?
"Uracil" is spelled U-R-A-C-I-L. The IPA pronunciation is [uʁaˈt͡siːl].
What does "Uracil" mean?
As a noun, "Uracil" means: Bestandteil/Baustein der Ribonukleinsäure
How do you pronounce "Uracil"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Uracil" is [uʁaˈt͡siːl]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list