parietal
[paʁieˈtaːl]
The verdict
“parietal” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nach der Körper- oder Organwand hingelegen, zur Körper- oder Organwand gehörend
Corpus desk
Index DE-parietal · parietal · German
parietal · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | parietal |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [paʁieˈtaːl] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „parietal“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
parietal is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [paʁieˈtaːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for parietal in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is parietal, spelled P-A-R-I-E-T-A-L.
Definition
- 1nach der Körper- oder Organwand hingelegen, zur Körper- oder Organwand gehörend
- 2zum Scheitelbein gehörig (das Scheitelbein bildet in gewisser Weise eine „Wand“ des Schädels)
Synonyms
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.