Parmesan
[ˌpaʁmeˈzaːn]
The verdict
“Parmesan” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #35,948 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #35,948
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ein italienischer Hartkäse aus Kuhmilch
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Parmesan |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌpaʁmeˈzaːn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #35,948 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Parmesan” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Parmesan is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌpaʁmeˈzaːn]. Corpus data places it at rank #35,948 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "ein italienischer Hartkäse aus Kuhmilch".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Parmesan, with forms such as "aprmesan", "pamresan", and "paremsan". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Parmesan, spelled P-A-R-M-E-S-A-N.
Definition
- 1ein italienischer Hartkäse aus Kuhmilch
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: aprmesan,pamresan,paremsan,parmeasn,parmesann,parmesna,parmessan,parmmesan,parmsean,parrmesan,pparmesan,pramesan
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Parmesan - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “Parmesan”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is P-A-R-M-E-S-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˌpaʁmeˈzaːn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.