Zyste
[ˈt͡sʏstə]
The verdict
“Zyste” is uncommon German (frequency #64,916 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,916
- frequency rank, German
- 1,996
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Zelle bei vielen niederen Tieren und Pflanzen, wie Bakterien und Protozoen, die mit einer dicken Membran umgeben ist und es dem jeweiligen Organismus ermöglicht, widrigen Außenbedingungen zu überda...
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Index DE-zyste · Zyste · German
Zyste · rank #64,916 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,916
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,996
- PHOTO-FINISH zynischer
Nearest frequency peer: zynischer (-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 „Zyste“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- zusammenhän…
zusammenhängendes
35,089 corpus weight
- Zusatzversi…
Zusatzversicherung
35,088 corpus weight
- Zwangsjacke
Zwangsjacke
35,087 corpus weight
- zynischer
zynischer
35,086 corpus weight
- Zyste
Zyste
35,085 corpus weight
- Ölindustrie
Ölindustrie
35,081 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Zyste“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Zyste |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡sʏstə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #64,916 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Zyste“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Zyste is uncommon German at frequency #64,916 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡sʏstə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Zyste, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Zyste, spelled Z-Y-S-T-E.
Definition
- 1Zelle bei vielen niederen Tieren und Pflanzen, wie Bakterien und Protozoen, die mit einer dicken Membran umgeben ist und es dem jeweiligen Organismus ermöglicht, widrigen Außenbedingungen zu überdauern
- 2Flüssigkeit enthaltene Geschwulst im Gewebe
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Zyste appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Zysten bestimmter Bakterien, z. B. Azotobacter, entstehen durch Umwandlung der lebenden Zelle und haben eine verdickte Zellwand.“
Die Zyste muss schnellstmöglich chirurgisch entfernt werden.
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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