Pass

/[pas]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,315

in German word usage

Misspellings

4

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Pass is aGermannoun. It means: Dokument, das für Auslandsreisen erforderlich ist, falls es zwischen dem Heimatland und dem Zielland keine Sondervereinbarungen gibt; Reisepass Pronounced [pas]. It ranks #2,315 in German word frequency. Often confused with PS and pay.

Key facts for Pass
PropertyValue
HeadwordPass
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[pas]
Letters4
Frequency rank#2,315
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Pass in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Pass is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pas]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,315 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 4 documented wrong-spelling variants for Pass, with forms such as "apss", "paß", and "ppass". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "PS", "pay", "PCS", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Pass, spelled P-A-S-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dokument, das für Auslandsreisen erforderlich ist, falls es zwischen dem Heimatland und dem Zielland keine Sondervereinbarungen gibt; Reisepass
  2. 2
    tiefergelegener Übergang durch ein Gebirge
  3. 3
    enge Stelle eines Tales
  4. 4
    Gangart von Vierbeinern, die sich aus der abwechselnden Bewegung der Beinpaare bildet
  5. 5
    gezielte Ballabgabe an einen Spieler der eigenen Mannschaft
  6. 6
    eine aus mehreren Kreisbögen bestehende Figur der Gotik
  7. 7
    von niederem Haarwild ausgetretener Pfad

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: apss,paß,ppass,psas

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Pass

Misspelling Variants of "Pass"

apss4paß3ppass5psas4
Misspelling Variants of "Pass"

Frequency rank: #2,315 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Pass"?
"Pass" is spelled P-A-S-S. The IPA pronunciation is [pas].
What does "Pass" mean?
As a noun, "Pass" means: Dokument, das für Auslandsreisen erforderlich ist, falls es zwischen dem Heimatland und dem Zielland keine Sondervereinbarungen gibt; Reisepass
What words are commonly confused with "Pass"?
"Pass" is commonly confused with "PS", "pay", "PCS". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Pass"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Pass" is [pas]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Pass" come from?
"Pass" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter P in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.