Zellstoff
[ˈt͡sɛlˌʃtɔf]
The verdict
“Zellstoff” is uncommon German (frequency #64,899 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,899
- frequency rank, German
- 1,996
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aus Pflanzen, häufig aus Holz, hergestellte Zellulose; Grundstoff von Papier und Kunststoffen
Corpus desk
Index DE-zellstoff · Zellstoff · German
Zellstoff · rank #64,899 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,899
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,996
- PHOTO-FINISH Zeitsprung
Nearest frequency peer: Zeitsprung (-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 „Zellstoff“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Zeitangaben
Zeitangaben
35,105 corpus weight
- Zeitsprung
Zeitsprung
35,103 corpus weight
- Zellstoff
Zellstoff
35,102 corpus weight
- Zellulose
Zellulose
35,101 corpus weight
- Zeman
Zeman
35,100 corpus weight
- zerdrückt
zerdrückt
35,099 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Zellstoff“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Zellstoff |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡sɛlˌʃtɔf] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #64,899 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Zellstoff“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Zellstoff is uncommon German at frequency #64,899 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡sɛlˌʃtɔf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Zellstoff, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Zellstoff, spelled Z-E-L-L-S-T-O-F-F.
Definition
- 1aus Pflanzen, häufig aus Holz, hergestellte Zellulose; Grundstoff von Papier und Kunststoffen
- 2Kurzbezeichnung für aus [1] hergestellten saugfähigen Hygieneartikel
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Zellstoff appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Zellstoff ist die Grundlage zur Herstellung von holzfreiem Papier, das die Eigenschaft besitzt nicht zu vergilben.
„Nur wenige Jahre vergingen, bis es den ersten Chemikern gelang, durch das Kochen von Holzschnitzeln mit unterschiedlichen Chemikalien Zellstoff herzustellen.“
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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