passgenau

[ˈpasɡəˌnaʊ̯]

/[ˈpasɡəˌnaʊ̯]/ adj

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The verdict

“passgenau” is uncommon German (frequency #88,108 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#88,108
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - von der Form her exakt sitzend; die exakt richtigen Maße habend

Corpus desk

Index DE-passgenau · passgenau · German

passgenau · rank #88,108 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #88,108
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Pasch

Nearest frequency peer: Pasch (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „passgenau“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „passgenau“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for passgenau
PropertyValue
Headwordpassgenau
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈpasɡəˌnaʊ̯]
Letters9
Frequency rank#88,108
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „passgenau“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).passgenaufällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Pasch“ (#88,107), „Pastellfarben“ (#88,109), „Parteitages“ (#88,106). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „passgenau“ bei #88,108. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

passgenau is uncommon German at frequency #88,108 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈpasɡəˌnaʊ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "von der Form her exakt sitzend; die exakt richtigen Maße habend".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for passgenau, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 passgenau, spelled P-A-S-S-G-E-N-A-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    von der Form her exakt sitzend; die exakt richtigen Maße habend

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how passgenau appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Die Orthese muss natürlich passgenau angefertigt werden.
  2. Diese Finanzierungsangebot ist passgenau auf Sie zugeschnitten.

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 "passgenau"?
"passgenau" is spelled P-A-S-S-G-E-N-A-U. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpasɡəˌnaʊ̯].
What does "passgenau" mean?
As an adjective, "passgenau" means: von der Form her exakt sitzend; die exakt richtigen Maße habend
How do you pronounce "passgenau"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "passgenau" is [ˈpasɡəˌnaʊ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "passgenau" come from?
"passgenau" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "passgenau", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

opulenten#88,093Plauderei#88,131normierte#88,077Neuenhaus#88,062

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list