Paperback
[ˈpeːpɐˌbɛk]
The verdict
“Paperback” is uncommon German (frequency #50,773 among 49,534 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,773
- frequency rank, German
- 49,534
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ein in Karton gebundenes Buch im Taschenbuchformat
| 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) |
Where “Paperback” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Paperback is uncommon German at frequency #50,773 among 49,534 “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
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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 “Paperback”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is P-A-P-E-R-B-A-C-K - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈpeːpɐˌbɛk] (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.