Paket
[paˈkeːt]
The verdict
“Paket” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #3,334 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #3,334
- frequency rank, German
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Verpackung eines oder mehrerer Gegenstände zum Schutz, zu Zwecken der Bündelung, der Steigerung des Überraschungseffekts, des Scherzeffektes
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 | Paket |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [paˈkeːt] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #3,334 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Paket” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Paket is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [paˈkeːt]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,334 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Paket, with forms such as "apket", "paekt", and "pakett". 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, "Pakt", "Pate", "past", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Paket, spelled P-A-K-E-T.
Definition
- 1Verpackung eines oder mehrerer Gegenstände zum Schutz, zu Zwecken der Bündelung, der Steigerung des Überraschungseffekts, des Scherzeffektes
- 2Postsendung oder Paketsendung mit anderen Dienstleistern
- 3verbindliche Zusammenstellung, Kombination von verschiedenen Elementen, Waren, Produkten, Dienstleistungen, Vereinbarungen, Abkommen und Ähnlichem
- 4Einheit eines Transferprotokolls
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: apket,paekt,pakett,pakket,pakte,pkaet,ppaket
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Paket - 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.
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Using “Paket”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is P-A-K-E-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [paˈkeːt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Pakt” - see the side-by-side comparison. Paket vs Pakt
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.