cougar

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The verdict

“cougar” is uncommon German (frequency #50,380 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,380
frequency rank, German
1,273
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der Puma, Berglöwe, Silberlöwe

Corpus desk

Index DE-cougar · cougar · German

cougar · rank #50,380 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,380
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,273
  • PHOTO-FINISH Couchtisch

Nearest frequency peer: Couchtisch (-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 „cougar“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cougar
PropertyValue
Headwordcougar
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters6
Frequency rank#50,380
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „cougar“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.cougarfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Couchtisch“ (#50,379), „coral“ (#50,378), „comme“ (#50,376). Unter 1,273 „C“-Lemmata liegt „cougar“ bei #50,380. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cougar is uncommon German at frequency #50,380 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for cougar in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists 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 cougar, spelled C-O-U-G-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    der Puma, Berglöwe, Silberlöwe
  2. 2
    Slang: Cougar, ältere Frau, die Liebesbeziehungen mit viel jüngeren Männern hat

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. "The cougar generally subsists on birds and small quadrupeds, such as young deer, raccoons, skunks, and the like: in South America the monkeys and peccaries frequently become its prey."
  2. "The media perceptions of a cougar: an oversexed, desperate older woman on the prowl for nave younger meat could not be more misleading."

Synonyms

mountain lionmountain catcatamountpantherpuma

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 "cougar"?
"cougar" is spelled C-O-U-G-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "cougar" mean?
As a noun, "cougar" means: der Puma, Berglöwe, Silberlöwe
How do you pronounce "cougar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cougar" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cougar" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Dankes#50,385dannen#50,386chiefs#50,372Duktus#50,396

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list