pädophiler

[pɛdoˈfiːlɐ]

/[pɛdoˈfiːlɐ]/ adj

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The verdict

“pädophiler” is uncommon German (frequency #56,446 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,446
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs pädophil

Corpus desk

Index DE-padophiler · pädophiler · German

pädophiler · rank #56,446 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,446
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Pufferzone

Nearest frequency peer: Pufferzone (-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 „pädophiler“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for pädophiler
PropertyValue
Headwordpädophiler
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[pɛdoˈfiːlɐ]
Letters10
Frequency rank#56,446
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „pädophiler“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).pädophilerfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Pufferzone“ (#56,445), „psychoanalytischen“ (#56,444), „Quader“ (#56,448). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „pädophiler“ bei #56,446. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pädophiler is uncommon German at frequency #56,446 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [pɛdoˈfiːlɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for pädophiler, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 pädophiler, spelled P-Ä-D-O-P-H-I-L-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs pädophil
  2. 2
    Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs pädophil
  3. 3
    Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs pädophil
  4. 4
    Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs pädophil
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs pädophil

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 "pädophiler"?
"pädophiler" is spelled P-Ä-D-O-P-H-I-L-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [pɛdoˈfiːlɐ].
What does "pädophiler" mean?
As an adjective, "pädophiler" means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs pädophil
How do you pronounce "pädophiler"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pädophiler" is [pɛdoˈfiːlɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pädophiler" come from?
"pädophiler" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Pufferzone#56,445prächtiges#56,443Querbalken#56,450produziere#56,439

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list