Paperback
[ˈpeːpɐˌbɛk]
The verdict
“Paperback” is uncommon German (frequency #50,773 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,773
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein in Karton gebundenes Buch im Taschenbuchformat
Corpus desk
Index DE-paperback · Paperback · German
Paperback · rank #50,773 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,773
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Paracetamol
Nearest frequency peer: Paracetamol (+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 „Paperback“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- owner
owner
49,231 corpus weight
- oy
oy
49,230 corpus weight
- Paperback
Paperback
49,228 corpus weight
- Paracetamol
Paracetamol
49,227 corpus weight
- Parke
Parke
49,226 corpus weight
- parteilose
parteilose
49,225 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Paperback“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Paperback |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpeːpɐˌbɛk] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #50,773 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Paperback“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Paperback is uncommon German at frequency #50,773 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpeːpɐˌbɛk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein in Karton gebundenes Buch im Taschenbuchformat".
Paperback doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 Paperback, spelled P-A-P-E-R-B-A-C-K.
Definition
- 1ein in Karton gebundenes Buch im Taschenbuchformat
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Paperback appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Für wen das Lesen eine Kostenfrage ist, der greife zum Paperback.
„Ben hatte unzählige Krimis gesammelt und bunte Paperbacks mit Covern, die nach Fantasy und Science-Fiction aussahen.“
Synonyms
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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