partridge
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The verdict
“partridge” is uncommon German (frequency #96,058 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,058
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Rebhuhn
Corpus desk
Index DE-partridge · partridge · German
partridge · rank #96,058 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,058
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Patentrezept
Nearest frequency peer: Patentrezept (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “partridge”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- 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
- Personenbes…
Personenbeschreibung
3,938 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “partridge” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | partridge |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #96,058 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “partridge” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
partridge is uncommon German at frequency #96,058 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Rebhuhn".
partridge doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is partridge, spelled P-A-R-T-R-I-D-G-E.
Definition
- 1Rebhuhn
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how partridge appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On the first day of Christmas my true love sent to me a partridge in a pear tree. (The Twelve Days of Christmas (song))
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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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