Palankin
[palaŋˈkiːn]
The verdict
“Palankin” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tragegestell für Personen (in Indien)
Corpus desk
Index DE-palankin · Palankin · German
Palankin · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Palankin |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [palaŋˈkiːn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Palankin“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Palankin is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [palaŋˈkiːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tragegestell für Personen (in Indien)".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Palankin, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Palankin, spelled P-A-L-A-N-K-I-N.
Definition
- 1Tragegestell für Personen (in Indien)
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Palankin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Sie sprang aus dem Palankin und schritt plaudernd neben Lavalette her.“
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.