Pantoffel
[panˈtɔfl̩]
The verdict
“Pantoffel” is uncommon German (frequency #77,147 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,147
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Einzelstück einer vorn geschlossenen und hinten offenen Fußbekleidung
Corpus desk
Index DE-pantoffel · Pantoffel · German
Pantoffel · rank #77,147 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,147
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Paketshop
Nearest frequency peer: Paketshop (-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 „Pantoffel“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- osteuropäis…
osteuropäischer
22,858 corpus weight
- Ouzo
Ouzo
22,857 corpus weight
- Paketshop
Paketshop
22,855 corpus weight
- Pantoffel
Pantoffel
22,854 corpus weight
- Papiertüten
Papiertüten
22,853 corpus weight
- Paradigmen
Paradigmen
22,852 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Pantoffel“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| 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) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Pantoffel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Pantoffel is uncommon German at frequency #77,147 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [panˈtɔfl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Pantoffel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Seine Pantoffeln stellt er abends unter das Bett.
Morgens schlüpft er immer zuerst in den rechten und danach in den linken Pantoffel.
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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