password

[ˈpaːsˌwɜːd]

/[ˈpaːsˌwɜːd]/ noun

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The verdict

“password” is uncommon German (frequency #89,401 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,401
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - geheimes Wort oder geheime Abfolge von Schriftzeichen, um einen Computer benutzen zu können

Corpus desk

Index DE-password · password · German

password · rank #89,401 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #89,401
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH passing

Nearest frequency peer: passing (-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 „password“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for password
PropertyValue
Headwordpassword
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈpaːsˌwɜːd]
Letters8
Frequency rank#89,401
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „password“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.passwordfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „passing“ (#89,400), „Paternoster“ (#89,402), „Passform“ (#89,399). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „password“ bei #89,401. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

password is uncommon German at frequency #89,401 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpaːsˌwɜːd]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

password doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is password, spelled P-A-S-S-W-O-R-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    geheimes Wort oder geheime Abfolge von Schriftzeichen, um einen Computer benutzen zu können
  2. 2
    geheimes Wort oder geheimer Satz, um einen Wächter passieren zu dürfen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. The IT department instructed the employees to never write down their passwords.
  2. The guard at the gate asked us for the password.

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 "password"?
"password" is spelled P-A-S-S-W-O-R-D. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpaːsˌwɜːd].
What does "password" mean?
As a noun, "password" means: geheimes Wort oder geheime Abfolge von Schriftzeichen, um einen Computer benutzen zu können
How do you pronounce "password"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "password" is [ˈpaːsˌwɜːd]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "password" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Passform#89,399Paraffin#89,394Oxymoron#89,388politico#89,417

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list