Versuchsperson
[fɛɐ̯ˈzuːxspɛʁˌzoːn]
The verdict
“Versuchsperson” is uncommon German (frequency #95,071 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,071
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, an oder mit der ein Versuch durchgeführt wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-versuchsperson · Versuchsperson · German
Versuchsperson · rank #95,071 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,071
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH verstünden
Nearest frequency peer: verstünden (-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 „Versuchsperson“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- verstaute
verstaute
4,933 corpus weight
- verstreuen
verstreuen
4,932 corpus weight
- verstünden
verstünden
4,931 corpus weight
- Versuchsper…
Versuchsperson
4,930 corpus weight
- Vertrauensp…
Vertrauenspersonen
4,929 corpus weight
- Verwalters
Verwalters
4,928 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Versuchsperson“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Versuchsperson |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈzuːxspɛʁˌzoːn] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #95,071 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Versuchsperson“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Versuchsperson is uncommon German at frequency #95,071 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈzuːxspɛʁˌzoːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person, an oder mit der ein Versuch durchgeführt wird".
No misspelling variants are generated for Versuchsperson in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Versuchsperson, spelled V-E-R-S-U-C-H-S-P-E-R-S-O-N.
Definition
- 1Person, an oder mit der ein Versuch durchgeführt wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Versuchsperson appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Arzneimittelprüfung gliedert sich in mehrere Phasen: In der Vorphase testen wenige gesunde Versuchspersonen vor allem die Verträglichkeit des Mittels, in Phase II und III verwenden kranke Personen das Mittel, um die Wirksamkeit zu prüfen.“
„Die Versuchspersonen – mehrheitlich Chinesen und russische Kriegsgefangene – wurden als Holzklötze bezeichnet.“
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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