Drehpistole
[ˈdʁeːpɪsˌtoːlə]
The verdict
“Drehpistole” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Revolver
Corpus desk
Index DE-drehpistole · Drehpistole · German
Drehpistole · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Drehpistole |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdʁeːpɪsˌtoːlə] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Drehpistole“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Drehpistole is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdʁeːpɪsˌtoːlə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Revolver".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Drehpistole, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Drehpistole, spelled D-R-E-H-P-I-S-T-O-L-E.
Definition
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Synonyms
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