venom
[ˈvɛnəm]
The verdict
“venom” is uncommon German (frequency #69,824 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,824
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - von Tieren erzeugtes und in Angreifer oder Beute abgesondertes Gift
Corpus desk
Index DE-venom · venom · German
venom · rank #69,824 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,824
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH Validität
Nearest frequency peer: Validität (-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 „venom“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Urlaubsreis…
Urlaubsreisen
30,180 corpus weight
- uses
uses
30,179 corpus weight
- Validität
Validität
30,178 corpus weight
- venom
venom
30,177 corpus weight
- verbindlich…
verbindlicher
30,176 corpus weight
- verbindlich…
verbindliches
30,175 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „venom“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | venom |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvɛnəm] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #69,824 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „venom“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
venom is uncommon German at frequency #69,824 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvɛnəm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for venom in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is venom, spelled V-E-N-O-M.
Definition
- 1von Tieren erzeugtes und in Angreifer oder Beute abgesondertes Gift
- 2auf Schädigung und Verletzung zielende Gesinnung
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how venom appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Venom is the general term referring to any variety of toxins used by certain types of animals that inject it into their victims by the means of a bite, sting or other sharp body feature."
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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