Pantomime

/[ˌpantoˈmiːmə]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#47,635

in German word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Pantomime is aGermannoun. It means: Gebärdenspiel, Schauspiel ohne Stimme, Szene nur mit Gebärden, Mienenspiel und Tanz Pronounced [ˌpantoˈmiːmə].

Key facts for Pantomime
PropertyValue
HeadwordPantomime
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˌpantoˈmiːmə]
Letters9
Frequency rank#47,635
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Pantomime in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Pantomime is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌpantoˈmiːmə]. Corpus data places it at rank #47,635 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Gebärdenspiel, Schauspiel ohne Stimme, Szene nur mit Gebärden, Mienenspiel und Tanz".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Pantomime, with forms such as "apntomime", "panntomime", and "panotmime". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Pantomime, spelled P-A-N-T-O-M-I-M-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gebärdenspiel, Schauspiel ohne Stimme, Szene nur mit Gebärden, Mienenspiel und Tanz

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: apntomime,panntomime,panotmime,pantmoime,pantoimme,pantomiem,pantomimme,pantommie,pantommime,panttomime,patnomime,pnatomime,ppantomime

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Pantomime

Misspelling Variants of "Pantomime"

apntomime9panntomime10panotmime9pantmoime9pantoimme9pantomiem9pantomimme10pantommie9
Misspelling Variants of "Pantomime"

Frequency rank: #47,635 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Pantomime"?
"Pantomime" is spelled P-A-N-T-O-M-I-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌpantoˈmiːmə].
What does "Pantomime" mean?
As a noun, "Pantomime" means: Gebärdenspiel, Schauspiel ohne Stimme, Szene nur mit Gebärden, Mienenspiel und Tanz
What are common misspellings of "Pantomime"?
Common misspellings include "apntomime", "panntomime", "panotmime", "pantmoime", "pantoimme". The correct spelling is "Pantomime".
How do you pronounce "Pantomime"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Pantomime" is [ˌpantoˈmiːmə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Pantomime" come from?
"Pantomime" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.