Pack
[pak]
The verdict
“Pack” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #5,405. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,405
- frequency rank, German
- 49,534
- “P” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - heruntergekommene, (teils kriminelle) Menschen; Gesindel
Corpus desk
Index DE-pack · Pack · German
Pack · rank #5,405 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,405
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 49,534
- PHOTO-FINISH opel
Nearest frequency peer: opel (-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 “Pack”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Norbert
Norbert
94,599 corpus weight
- obere
obere
94,598 corpus weight
- opel
opel
94,597 corpus weight
- Pack
Pack
94,596 corpus weight
- Panzer
Panzer
94,595 corpus weight
- Penis
Penis
94,594 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Pack” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Pack |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pak] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #5,405 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Pack” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Pack (IPA [pak]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,405 among 49,534 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "heruntergekommene, (teils kriminelle) Menschen; Gesindel".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Pack, with forms such as "apck", "pacck", and "packk". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "PC", "PK", "par", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Pack, spelled P-A-C-K.
Definition
- 1heruntergekommene, (teils kriminelle) Menschen; Gesindel
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Pack appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Was für ein Pack heute wieder im Park herumlungerte, ist kaum zu glauben.
„Das Pack, das sich hier tummelte, setzte sich ausschließlich aus Matrosen und anderen einfachen Leuten zusammen, denen der Ort als Paradies erschien, das sie für alle Leiden ihrer langen und mühevollen Seefahrten entschädigte.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- apck
- pacck
- packk
- pakc
- pcak
- ppack
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Pack - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "Pack", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
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.