Pappkarton
[ˈpapkaʁˌtɔŋ]
The verdict
“Pappkarton” is uncommon German (frequency #79,565 among 49,534 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,565
- frequency rank, German
- 49,534
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Werkstoff aus einem festeren papierähnlichen Material (= Pappe)
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Pappkarton |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpapkaʁˌtɔŋ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #79,565 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Pappkarton” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Pappkarton is uncommon German at frequency #79,565 among 49,534 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpapkaʁˌtɔŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Pappkarton in our 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, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Pappkarton, spelled P-A-P-P-K-A-R-T-O-N.
Definition
- 1Werkstoff aus einem festeren papierähnlichen Material (= Pappe)
- 2Behälter aus Pappe, der (meist) zum Aufbewahren zusammengelegt ist und zum Benutzen aufgestellt/aufgefaltet werden muss
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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 “Pappkarton”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is P-A-P-P-K-A-R-T-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈpapkaʁˌtɔŋ] (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.