Pantoffel
[panˈtɔfl̩]
The verdict
“Pantoffel” is an uncommon German word, ranked #77,147 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #77,147
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Einzelstück einer vorn geschlossenen und hinten offenen Fußbekleidung
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Pantoffel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [panˈtɔfl̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #77,147 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Pantoffel” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Pantoffel is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [panˈtɔfl̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #77,147 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Einzelstück einer vorn geschlossenen und hinten offenen Fußbekleidung".
Pantoffel doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Pantoffel, spelled P-A-N-T-O-F-F-E-L.
Definition
- 1Einzelstück einer vorn geschlossenen und hinten offenen Fußbekleidung
This word in other languages
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 “Pantoffel”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is P-A-N-T-O-F-F-E-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [panˈtɔfl̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.