Panoptikum
[paˈnɔptikʊm]
The verdict
“Panoptikum” is uncommon German (frequency #89,392 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,392
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sammlung von Sehenswürdigkeiten, Kuriositäten oder Wachsfiguren
Corpus desk
Index DE-panoptikum · Panoptikum · German
Panoptikum · rank #89,392 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,392
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Palmengarten
Nearest frequency peer: Palmengarten (-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 „Panoptikum“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- pago
pago
10,612 corpus weight
- pala
pala
10,611 corpus weight
- Palmengarten
Palmengarten
10,610 corpus weight
- Panoptikum
Panoptikum
10,609 corpus weight
- Panoramen
Panoramen
10,608 corpus weight
- Paraffin
Paraffin
10,607 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Panoptikum“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Panoptikum |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [paˈnɔptikʊm] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #89,392 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Panoptikum“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Panoptikum is uncommon German at frequency #89,392 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [paˈnɔptikʊm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Panoptikum doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 Panoptikum, spelled P-A-N-O-P-T-I-K-U-M.
Definition
- 1Sammlung von Sehenswürdigkeiten, Kuriositäten oder Wachsfiguren
- 2Konzept für den Bau von Gefängnissen oder Fabriken nach Bentham, bei der eine Überwachung mit minimalem Personalaufwand möglich ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Panoptikum appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Das Panoptikum verfügt heute über 130 Figuren von historischen Persönlichkeiten in wertvollen Kostümen, internationale Berühmtheiten und Hamburger Stars.“
„Nachdem im Oktober 1934 Karl Valentins ‚Lach- und Gruselkabinett‘, das Panoptikum, eröffnet war, konstatierte ein Kritiker: ‚Wer einmal in Valentins Panoptikum war, hat die Nase voll - oder hat den Humor verstanden und kommt wieder.‘“
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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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