Paisley

[ˈpɛɪ̯sliː]

/[ˈpɛɪ̯sliː]/ name

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The verdict

“Paisley” is uncommon German (frequency #85,669 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,669
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Stadt in Schottland

Corpus desk

Index DE-paisley · Paisley · German

Paisley · rank #85,669 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,669
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Palau

Nearest frequency peer: Palau (+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 „Paisley“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Paisley
PropertyValue
HeadwordPaisley
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈpɛɪ̯sliː]
Letters7
Frequency rank#85,669
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Paisley“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Palau“ (#85,670), „oute“ (#85,667), „Pankreas“ (#85,672). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „Paisley“ bei #85,669. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Paisley is uncommon German at frequency #85,669 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈpɛɪ̯sliː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Stadt in Schottland".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Paisley, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Paisley, spelled P-A-I-S-L-E-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Stadt in Schottland

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Paisley appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Der Ort, an den ich versetzt wurde, war Paisley in der Nähe von Glasgow, und als ich das hörte, da hätte ich um ein Haar meinen Abschied genommen.“

This word in other languages

Paisley(English)

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 "Paisley"?
"Paisley" is spelled P-A-I-S-L-E-Y. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpɛɪ̯sliː].
What does "Paisley" mean?
As a proper noun, "Paisley" means: Stadt in Schottland
How do you pronounce "Paisley"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Paisley" is [ˈpɛɪ̯sliː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Paisley" come from?
"Paisley" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

prellen#85,703Neopren#85,630nachkam#85,621nachgab#85,618

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list