Papille
[paˈpɪlə]
The verdict
“Papille” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - warzenähnliche Erhebung auf oder in Organen von Tieren, Menschen oder Pflanzen
Corpus desk
Index DE-papille · Papille · German
Papille · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Papille |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [paˈpɪlə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Papille“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Papille is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [paˈpɪlə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "warzenähnliche Erhebung auf oder in Organen von Tieren, Menschen oder Pflanzen".
Papille doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Papille, spelled P-A-P-I-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1warzenähnliche Erhebung auf oder in Organen von Tieren, Menschen oder Pflanzen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Papille appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Papillen sind in der Botanik kleine, warzenähnliche Erhebungen an pflanzlichen Organen, die durch die Vorwölbung von Zellen oder Zellgruppen entstehen.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.