Pappel

[ˈpapl̩]

/[ˈpapl̩]/ noun

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The verdict

“Pappel” is uncommon German (frequency #60,895 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,895
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - baumartiges Weidengewächs (Gattung Populus)

Corpus desk

Index DE-pappel · Pappel · German

Pappel · rank #60,895 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,895
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH papp

Nearest frequency peer: papp (-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 „Pappel“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Pappel“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Pappel
PropertyValue
HeadwordPappel
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈpapl̩]
Letters6
Frequency rank#60,895
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Pappel“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Pappelfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „papp“ (#60,894), „Pailletten“ (#60,893), „parte“ (#60,898). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „Pappel“ bei #60,895. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Pappel is uncommon German at frequency #60,895 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpapl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Pappel, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Pappel, spelled P-A-P-P-E-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    baumartiges Weidengewächs (Gattung Populus)
  2. 2
    Volksname für einige Malvengewächse (Familie Malvaceae)

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Pappel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Entlang dieser Straße werden Pappeln gepflanzt.
  2. „Der Abenddunst zog durch die kahlen Pappeln und verwischte ihre Konturen mit violettem Schimmer, der noch blasser und durchsichtiger war als ein in ihrem Gezweig hängengebliebener zarter Gazeschleier.“

Synonyms

PappelbaumMalve

This word in other languages

poplar(English)álamo(Español)peuplier(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Pappel"?
"Pappel" is spelled P-A-P-P-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpapl̩].
What does "Pappel" mean?
As a noun, "Pappel" means: baumartiges Weidengewächs (Gattung Populus)
How do you pronounce "Pappel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Pappel" is [ˈpapl̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Pappel" come from?
"Pappel" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Pappel", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Pfusch#60,907oceans#60,878prints#60,920nippon#60,868

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list