zylindrisch

[t͡siˈlɪndʁɪʃ]

/[t͡siˈlɪndʁɪʃ]/ adj

The verdict

“zylindrisch” is uncommon German (frequency #84,850 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#84,850
frequency rank, German
1,996
“Z” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Form eines Zylinders aufweisend; in Form eines Zylinders

Corpus desk

Index DE-zylindrisch · zylindrisch · German

zylindrisch · rank #84,850 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #84,850
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,996
  • PHOTO-FINISH Zwischenergeb…

Nearest frequency peer: Zwischenergebnisse (-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 „zylindrisch“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „zylindrisch“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for zylindrisch
PropertyValue
Headwordzylindrisch
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[t͡siˈlɪndʁɪʃ]
Letters11
Frequency rank#84,850
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „zylindrisch“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).zylindrischfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Zwischenergebnisse“ (#84,849), „zünftig“ (#84,852), „Zürichs“ (#84,853). Unter 1,996 „Z“-Lemmata liegt „zylindrisch“ bei #84,850. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

zylindrisch is uncommon German at frequency #84,850 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [t͡siˈlɪndʁɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die Form eines Zylinders aufweisend; in Form eines Zylinders".

zylindrisch has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is zylindrisch, spelled Z-Y-L-I-N-D-R-I-S-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    die Form eines Zylinders aufweisend; in Form eines Zylinders

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how zylindrisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Es ist ein zylindrischer Gegenstand aus Glas.
  2. Eine Bombette ist ein zylindrisch geformter Feuerwerkskörper aus Pappe oder fest gewickeltem oder umschnürtem Papier.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "zylindrisch"?
"zylindrisch" is spelled Z-Y-L-I-N-D-R-I-S-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [t͡siˈlɪndʁɪʃ].
What does "zylindrisch" mean?
As an adjective, "zylindrisch" means: die Form eines Zylinders aufweisend; in Form eines Zylinders
How do you pronounce "zylindrisch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "zylindrisch" is [t͡siˈlɪndʁɪʃ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "zylindrisch" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "zylindrisch", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list