Vaseline
[vazəˈliːnə]
The verdict
“Vaseline” is uncommon German (frequency #65,803 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,803
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - salbenartiges, zähes weißes oder gelbes Mineralfett
Corpus desk
Index DE-vaseline · Vaseline · German
Vaseline · rank #65,803 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,803
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH Varia
Nearest frequency peer: Varia (-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 „Vaseline“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- unvergessli…
unvergesslicher
34,202 corpus weight
- Ureinwohnern
Ureinwohnern
34,201 corpus weight
- Varia
Varia
34,199 corpus weight
- Vaseline
Vaseline
34,198 corpus weight
- Venezianer
Venezianer
34,196 corpus weight
- venösen
venösen
34,195 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Vaseline“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Vaseline |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [vazəˈliːnə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #65,803 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Vaseline“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Vaseline is uncommon German at frequency #65,803 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [vazəˈliːnə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "salbenartiges, zähes weißes oder gelbes Mineralfett".
Vaseline doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Vaseline, spelled V-A-S-E-L-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1salbenartiges, zähes weißes oder gelbes Mineralfett
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Vaseline appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Vaseline ist in Wasser unlöslich, dagegen leicht löslich in Chloroform oder Äther.
„Hundehalter sollten die Pfoten ihrer Tiere bei Schnee und Eis mit Vaseline schützen.“
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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