pachten
[ˈpaxtn̩]
The verdict
“pachten” is uncommon German (frequency #53,139 among 49,534 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,139
- frequency rank, German
- 49,534
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine Sache und deren Erträge (meist langfristig) gegen Bezahlung zur Nutzung überlassen bekommen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pachten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈpaxtn̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #53,139 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pachten” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
pachten is uncommon German at frequency #53,139 among 49,534 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈpaxtn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Sache und deren Erträge (meist langfristig) gegen Bezahlung zur Nutzung überlassen bekommen".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for pachten, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 pachten, spelled P-A-C-H-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1eine Sache und deren Erträge (meist langfristig) gegen Bezahlung zur Nutzung überlassen bekommen
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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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Using “pachten”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is P-A-C-H-T-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈpaxtn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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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.