paeonia
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The verdict
“paeonia” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pfingstrose, Päonie
Corpus desk
Index DE-paeonia · paeonia · German
paeonia · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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 | paeonia |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „paeonia“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
paeonia is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pfingstrose, Päonie".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for paeonia, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is paeonia, spelled P-A-E-O-N-I-A.
Definition
- 1Pfingstrose, Päonie
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how paeonia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Vetustissima inventu paeonia est nomenque auctoris retinet, quam quidam pentorobon appellant, alii glycysiden.“
„Glycyside, quam aliqui paeoniam aut pentorobon vocant, caulem habet II palmorum, comitantibus II aut III, subrutilum, cute lauri, folia qualia isatis, pinguiora rotundiora que et minora, semen in siliquis, aliud grano rubente, aliud nigro.“
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.