Panzer

/[ˈpant͡sɐ]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,406

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

13

similar word pairs

Panzer is aGermannoun. It means: hartes, dickes, vor Verletzung oder Beschädigung schützendes Kleidungsstück Pronounced [ˈpant͡sɐ]. It ranks #5,406 in German word frequency. Often confused with pater and paper.

Key facts for Panzer
PropertyValue
HeadwordPanzer
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈpant͡sɐ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#5,406
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Panzer is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpant͡sɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,406 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for Panzer, with forms such as "apnzer", "panezr", and "pannzer". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "pater", "paper", "Papier", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 Panzer, spelled P-A-N-Z-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    hartes, dickes, vor Verletzung oder Beschädigung schützendes Kleidungsstück
  2. 2
    harte, dicke, vor Verletzung oder Beschädigung schützende Außenschicht an Fahr- und Flugzeugen, Gebäuden und Ähnlichem
  3. 3
    harte, verdickte Haut oder Schale bei Tieren
  4. 4
    gepanzertes (mit einem Panzer^([2]) versehenes) Fahrzeug
  5. 5
    gepanzertes (mit einem Panzer^([2]) versehenes) Fahrzeug
  6. 6
    gepanzertes (mit einem Panzer^([2]) versehenes) Fahrzeug
  7. 7
    gepanzertes (mit einem Panzer^([2]) versehenes) Fahrzeug

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: apnzer,panezr,pannzer,panzerr,panzre,panzzer,pazner,pnazer,ppanzer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Panzer

Misspelling Variants of "Panzer"

apnzer6panezr6pannzer7panzerr7panzre6panzzer7pazner6pnazer6
Misspelling Variants of "Panzer"

Frequency rank: #5,406 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Panzer"?
"Panzer" is spelled P-A-N-Z-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpant͡sɐ].
What does "Panzer" mean?
As a noun, "Panzer" means: hartes, dickes, vor Verletzung oder Beschädigung schützendes Kleidungsstück
What words are commonly confused with "Panzer"?
"Panzer" is commonly confused with "pater", "paper", "Papier". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Panzer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Panzer" is [ˈpant͡sɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Panzer" come from?
"Panzer" 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. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.