Pasadena

[pæsəˈdiːnə]

/[pæsəˈdiːnə]/ name

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The verdict

“Pasadena” is uncommon German (frequency #63,632 among 49,534 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,632
frequency rank, German
49,534
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Stadt in Kalifornien, USA

Key facts for Pasadena
PropertyValue
HeadwordPasadena
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[pæsəˈdiːnə]
Letters8
Frequency rank#63,632
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Pasadena” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Pasadena lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Pasadena is uncommon German at frequency #63,632 among 49,534 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [pæsəˈdiːnə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for Pasadena in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Pasadena, spelled P-A-S-A-D-E-N-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Stadt in Kalifornien, USA
  2. 2
    Stadt in Texas, USA

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 "Pasadena"?
"Pasadena" is spelled P-A-S-A-D-E-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is [pæsəˈdiːnə].
What does "Pasadena" mean?
As a proper noun, "Pasadena" means: Stadt in Kalifornien, USA
How do you pronounce "Pasadena"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Pasadena" is [pæsəˈdiːnə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Pasadena" come from?
"Pasadena" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “Pasadena”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is P-A-S-A-D-E-N-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [pæsəˈdiːnə] (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

Other uncommon German words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list