Passwort

/[ˈpasˌvɔʁt]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,576

in German word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

Passwort is aGermannoun. It means: Mittel (Zeichenkette) zur Authentifizierung eines Benutzers Pronounced [ˈpasˌvɔʁt]. It ranks #6,576 in German word frequency. Often confused with Passwörter and passiert.

Key facts for Passwort
PropertyValue
HeadwordPasswort
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈpasˌvɔʁt]
Letters8
Frequency rank#6,576
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Passwort is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpasˌvɔʁt]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,576 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Mittel (Zeichenkette) zur Authentifizierung eines Benutzers".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for Passwort, with forms such as "apsswort", "passowrt", and "passworrt". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Passwörter", "passiert", 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 Passwort, spelled P-A-S-S-W-O-R-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mittel (Zeichenkette) zur Authentifizierung eines Benutzers

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: apsswort,passowrt,passworrt,passwortt,passwotr,passwrot,passwwort,paswort,paswsort,paßwort,ppasswort,psaswort

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Passwort

Misspelling Variants of "Passwort"

apsswort8passowrt8passworrt9passwortt9passwotr8passwrot8passwwort9paswort7
Misspelling Variants of "Passwort"

Frequency rank: #6,576 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Passwort"?
"Passwort" is spelled P-A-S-S-W-O-R-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpasˌvɔʁt].
What does "Passwort" mean?
As a noun, "Passwort" means: Mittel (Zeichenkette) zur Authentifizierung eines Benutzers
What words are commonly confused with "Passwort"?
"Passwort" is commonly confused with "Passwörter", "passiert". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Passwort"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Passwort" is [ˈpasˌvɔʁt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Passwort" come from?
"Passwort" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.