palatal
[palaˈtaːl]
The verdict
“palatal” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - mit Zunge und Palatum (harter Gaumen) gebildet
Corpus desk
Index DE-palatal · palatal · German
palatal · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | palatal |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [palaˈtaːl] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „palatal“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
palatal is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [palaˈtaːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mit Zunge und Palatum (harter Gaumen) gebildet".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for palatal, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is palatal, spelled P-A-L-A-T-A-L.
Definition
- 1mit Zunge und Palatum (harter Gaumen) gebildet
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how palatal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Palatal werden im Deutschen gebildet: [ç] (= Ichlaut) und [j].
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.