passiere
[paˈsiːʁə]
The verdict
“passiere” is uncommon German (frequency #74,944 among 49,534 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,944
- frequency rank, German
- 49,534
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs passieren
Corpus desk
Index DE-passiere · passiere · German
passiere · rank #74,944 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,944
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 49,534
- PHOTO-FINISH Parteitags
Nearest frequency peer: Parteitags (-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 “passiere”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- parlamentar…
parlamentarisch
25,060 corpus weight
- Parteibasis
Parteibasis
25,059 corpus weight
- Parteitags
Parteitags
25,058 corpus weight
- passiere
passiere
25,057 corpus weight
- paus
paus
25,056 corpus weight
- peanut
peanut
25,055 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “passiere” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | passiere |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [paˈsiːʁə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #74,944 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “passiere” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
passiere is uncommon German at frequency #74,944 among 49,534 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [paˈsiːʁə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for passiere in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is passiere, spelled P-A-S-S-I-E-R-E.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs passieren
- 21. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs passieren
- 31. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs passieren
- 43. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs passieren
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency 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.