Vitamin

/[vitaˈmiːn]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,116

in German word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

Vitamin is aGermannoun. It means: organische Verbindung, die der Körper als Wirkstoff für lebenswichtige Funktionen benötigt, aber zum größten Teil nicht selbst herstellen kann Pronounced [vitaˈmiːn]. It ranks #9,116 in German word frequency. Often confused with Vitamine.

Key facts for Vitamin
PropertyValue
HeadwordVitamin
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[vitaˈmiːn]
Letters7
Frequency rank#9,116
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Vitamin in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Vitamin is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [vitaˈmiːn]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,116 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for Vitamin, with forms such as "ivtamin", "viatmin", and "vitaimn". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Vitamine", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Vitamin, spelled V-I-T-A-M-I-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    organische Verbindung, die der Körper als Wirkstoff für lebenswichtige Funktionen benötigt, aber zum größten Teil nicht selbst herstellen kann
  2. 2
    etwas (Nahrungsmittel oder Arzneimittel, Nahrungsergänzungsmittel [zumeist in Kapsel-, Pulver- oder Tablettenform]), das ein oder mehrere dieser unter [1] beschriebenen Wirkstoffe (in natürlicher oder konzentrierter Form) enthält

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ivtamin,viatmin,vitaimn,vitaminn,vitammin,vitamni,vitmain,vittamin,vtiamin,vvitamin

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Vitamin

Misspelling Variants of "Vitamin"

ivtamin7viatmin7vitaimn7vitaminn8vitammin8vitamni7vitmain7vittamin8
Misspelling Variants of "Vitamin"

Frequency rank: #9,116 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Vitamin"?
"Vitamin" is spelled V-I-T-A-M-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is [vitaˈmiːn].
What does "Vitamin" mean?
As a noun, "Vitamin" means: organische Verbindung, die der Körper als Wirkstoff für lebenswichtige Funktionen benötigt, aber zum größten Teil nicht selbst herstellen kann
What words are commonly confused with "Vitamin"?
"Vitamin" is commonly confused with "Vitamine". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Vitamin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Vitamin" is [vitaˈmiːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Vitamin" come from?
"Vitamin" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.