pädophil
[pɛdoˈfiːl]
The verdict
“pädophil” is uncommon German (frequency #63,672 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,672
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine (sexuelle) Vorliebe für Kinder habend
Corpus desk
Index DE-padophil · pädophil · German
pädophil · rank #63,672 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,672
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH pusch
Nearest frequency peer: pusch (-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 „pädophil“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Präposition
Präposition
36,332 corpus weight
- pusch
pusch
36,330 corpus weight
- pädophil
pädophil
36,329 corpus weight
- päpstlicher
päpstlicher
36,328 corpus weight
- Querdenker
Querdenker
36,327 corpus weight
- Quickie
Quickie
36,326 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „pädophil“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pädophil |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [pɛdoˈfiːl] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #63,672 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „pädophil“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
pädophil is uncommon German at frequency #63,672 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [pɛdoˈfiːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine (sexuelle) Vorliebe für Kinder habend".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for pädophil, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 pädophil, spelled P-Ä-D-O-P-H-I-L.
Definition
- 1eine (sexuelle) Vorliebe für Kinder habend
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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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