Pauke
[ˈpaʊ̯kə]
The verdict
“Pauke” is an uncommon German word, ranked #63,634 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #63,634
- frequency rank, German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ein Schlaginstrument mit einem metallenem Kessel, der mit natürlichem oder künstlichem Fell bespannt ist; die Tonhöhe kann durch verschieden starke Spannung des Fells verändert werden
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Pauke |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpaʊ̯kə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #63,634 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Pauke” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Pauke is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpaʊ̯kə]. Corpus data places it at rank #63,634 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "ein Schlaginstrument mit einem metallenem Kessel, der mit natürlichem oder künstlichem Fell bespannt ist; die Tonhöhe kann durch verschieden starke Spannung des Fells verändert werden".
No misspelling variants are generated for Pauke in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Pauke, spelled P-A-U-K-E.
Definition
- 1ein Schlaginstrument mit einem metallenem Kessel, der mit natürlichem oder künstlichem Fell bespannt ist; die Tonhöhe kann durch verschieden starke Spannung des Fells verändert werden
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “Pauke”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is P-A-U-K-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈpaʊ̯kə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.