partial
[paʁˈt͡si̯aːl]
The verdict
“partial” is uncommon German (frequency #96,056 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,056
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - teilweise, teilweise vorhanden; nicht vollständig ausgeprägt
Corpus desk
Index DE-partial · partial · German
partial · rank #96,056 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,056
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH paralysiert
Nearest frequency peer: paralysiert (-2 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 „partial“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Pansen
Pansen
3,949 corpus weight
- Paradiese
Paradiese
3,948 corpus weight
- paralysiert
paralysiert
3,947 corpus weight
- partial
partial
3,945 corpus weight
- partridge
partridge
3,943 corpus weight
- Patentrezept
Patentrezept
3,942 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „partial“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | partial |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [paʁˈt͡si̯aːl] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #96,056 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „partial“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
partial is uncommon German at frequency #96,056 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [paʁˈt͡si̯aːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "teilweise, teilweise vorhanden; nicht vollständig ausgeprägt".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for partial, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is partial, spelled P-A-R-T-I-A-L.
Definition
- 1teilweise, teilweise vorhanden; nicht vollständig ausgeprägt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how partial appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die eine Seite der Platte ist partial negativ geladen, die andere Seite partial positiv, Partial bedeutet hier ‘zum Teil‘. “
Synonyms
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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