Urethan
[uʁeˈtaːn]
The verdict
“Urethan” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ester der Carbamidsäuren
Corpus desk
Index DE-urethan · Urethan · German
Urethan · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Urethan |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [uʁeˈtaːn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Urethan“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Urethan is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [uʁeˈtaːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ester der Carbamidsäuren".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Urethan, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Urethan, spelled U-R-E-T-H-A-N.
Definition
- 1Ester der Carbamidsäuren
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Urethan appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Grundgerüst ist ein Endo-Skelett aus Urethan, das für alle Flex-Eigenschaften des Boots verantwortlich ist.“
„Geschätzte 7,8 Millionen Bälle werden jährlich in Deutschland verkauft. Zwischen 80 Cent und 8 Euro muss man hinblättern - viele Modelle sind High-Tech-Produkte, die mit Titanium oder Urethan veredelt sind.“
Synonyms
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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.