Xanax
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The verdict
“Xanax” is uncommon German (frequency #93,860 among 21 “X” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,860
- frequency rank, German
- 21
- “X” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Arzneistoff aus der Gruppe der Benzodiazepine mit mittlerer Wirkungsdauer, der zur kurzzeitigen Behandlung von Angst- und Panikstörungen eingesetzt wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-xanax · Xanax · German
Xanax · rank #93,860 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,860
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 21
- PHOTO-FINISH Würdenträgern
Nearest frequency peer: Würdenträgern (-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 „Xanax“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- workstation
workstation
6,144 corpus weight
- Wortmeldung
Wortmeldung
6,143 corpus weight
- Würdenträge…
Würdenträgern
6,142 corpus weight
- Xanax
Xanax
6,141 corpus weight
- Xmas
Xmas
6,140 corpus weight
- Zacke
Zacke
6,138 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Xanax“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Xanax |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #93,860 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Xanax“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Xanax is uncommon German at frequency #93,860 among 21 “X” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Arzneistoff aus der Gruppe der Benzodiazepine mit mittlerer Wirkungsdauer, der zur kurzzeitigen Behandlung von Angst- und Panikstörungen eingesetzt wird".
No misspelling variants are generated for Xanax in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Xanax, spelled X-A-N-A-X.
Definition
- 1Arzneistoff aus der Gruppe der Benzodiazepine mit mittlerer Wirkungsdauer, der zur kurzzeitigen Behandlung von Angst- und Panikstörungen eingesetzt wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Xanax appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Dies sei kein ernstgemeinter Selbstmordversuch, sagte sie, es sei wahrscheinlich nur so eine Hilferufgeschichte, aber sie hätte zuviel Xanax genommen.“
„Er steckte sich die Taschen seines Trenchcoats voll mit Vicodin und Ambien und Xanax, Unmengen davon in Plastik versiegelt.“
Synonyms
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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