Pashmina
[paʃˈmiːna]
The verdict
“Pashmina” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - breiter Schal, ursprünglich aus Kaschmirgarn, heute umgangssprachlich allgemein üblich für breite, traditionell gewebte Schaltücher aus Indien und Nepal
Corpus desk
Index DE-pashmina · Pashmina · German
Pashmina · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Pashmina |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [paʃˈmiːna] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Pashmina“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Pashmina is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [paʃˈmiːna]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "breiter Schal, ursprünglich aus Kaschmirgarn, heute umgangssprachlich allgemein üblich für breite, traditionell gewebte Schaltücher aus Indien und Nepal".
Pashmina doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Pashmina, spelled P-A-S-H-M-I-N-A.
Definition
- 1breiter Schal, ursprünglich aus Kaschmirgarn, heute umgangssprachlich allgemein üblich für breite, traditionell gewebte Schaltücher aus Indien und Nepal
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.