Parfümerie

[paʁfyməˈʁiː]

/[paʁfyməˈʁiː]/ noun

The verdict

“Parfümerie” is uncommon German (frequency #57,293 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,293
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Einzelhandelsunternehmen, das seinen Kunden Parfüms, Seifen und Kosmetika zum Kauf anbietet

Corpus desk

Index DE-parfumerie · Parfümerie · German

Parfümerie · rank #57,293 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,293
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Parkour

Nearest frequency peer: Parkour (+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 „Parfümerie“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Parfümerie
PropertyValue
HeadwordParfümerie
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[paʁfyməˈʁiː]
Letters10
Frequency rank#57,293
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Parfümerie“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Parfümeriefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Parkour“ (#57,294), „Passantin“ (#57,295), „Palmsonntag“ (#57,290). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „Parfümerie“ bei #57,293. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Parfümerie is uncommon German at frequency #57,293 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [paʁfyməˈʁiː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Parfümerie, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Parfümerie, spelled P-A-R-F-Ü-M-E-R-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    ein Einzelhandelsunternehmen, das seinen Kunden Parfüms, Seifen und Kosmetika zum Kauf anbietet
  2. 2
    ein Betrieb, in dem Parfüms hergestellt werden

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Direkt unterhalb meiner Wohnung befindet sich eine Parfümerie.
  2. Die Parfümerien Frankreichs haben ihre Produktion aufgrund steigender Nachfrage erhöht.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Parfümerie"?
"Parfümerie" is spelled P-A-R-F-Ü-M-E-R-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is [paʁfyməˈʁiː].
What does "Parfümerie" mean?
As a noun, "Parfümerie" means: ein Einzelhandelsunternehmen, das seinen Kunden Parfüms, Seifen und Kosmetika zum Kauf anbietet
How do you pronounce "Parfümerie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Parfümerie" is [paʁfyməˈʁiː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Parfümerie" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list