COPD
The verdict
“COPD” is uncommon German (frequency #51,208 among 20,081 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,208
- frequency rank, German
- 20,081
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Abkürzung von Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Corpus desk
Index DE-copd · COPD · German
COPD · rank #51,208 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,208
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 20,081
- PHOTO-FINISH condition
Nearest frequency peer: condition (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “COPD”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- companies
companies
48,797 corpus weight
- Compiler
Compiler
48,796 corpus weight
- Compton
Compton
48,795 corpus weight
- condition
condition
48,794 corpus weight
- COPD
COPD
48,793 corpus weight
- cove
cove
48,790 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “COPD” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | COPD |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #51,208 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “COPD” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
COPD is uncommon German at frequency #51,208 among 20,081 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Abkürzung von Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease".
Zero misspellings are on record for COPD in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is COPD, spelled C-O-P-D.
Definition
- 1Abkürzung von Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "COPD", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.