Pakistani

[pakɪsˈtaːni]

/[pakɪsˈtaːni]/ noun

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The verdict

“Pakistani” is uncommon German (frequency #66,573 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,573
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Einwohner von Pakistan; Person, die in Pakistan lebt oder gelebt hat

Corpus desk

Index DE-pakistani · Pakistani · German

Pakistani · rank #66,573 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,573
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Overtime

Nearest frequency peer: Overtime (-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 „Pakistani“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Pakistani
PropertyValue
HeadwordPakistani
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[pakɪsˈtaːni]
Letters9
Frequency rank#66,573
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Pakistani“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Pakistanifällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Overtime“ (#66,572), „Ovationen“ (#66,571), „Parallelgesellschaft“ (#66,575). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „Pakistani“ bei #66,573. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Pakistani is uncommon German at frequency #66,573 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [pakɪsˈtaːni]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Einwohner von Pakistan; Person, die in Pakistan lebt oder gelebt hat".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Pakistani, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Pakistani, spelled P-A-K-I-S-T-A-N-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Einwohner von Pakistan; Person, die in Pakistan lebt oder gelebt hat

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Der Taxifahrer war ein Pakistani aus Karatschi.

Synonyms

Pakistaner

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 "Pakistani"?
"Pakistani" is spelled P-A-K-I-S-T-A-N-I. The IPA pronunciation is [pakɪsˈtaːni].
What does "Pakistani" mean?
As a noun, "Pakistani" means: Einwohner von Pakistan; Person, die in Pakistan lebt oder gelebt hat
How do you pronounce "Pakistani"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Pakistani" is [pakɪsˈtaːni]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Pakistani" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Ovationen#66,571optionale#66,563Pferdchen#66,583Plexiglas#66,587

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list