Paulskirche
[ˈpaʊ̯lsˌkɪʁçə]
The verdict
“Paulskirche” is uncommon German (frequency #51,589 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,589
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - meistens dem heiligen Paulus ^(→ WP) geweihtes Gotteshaus, das für Gottesdienste genutzt wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-paulskirche · Paulskirche · German
Paulskirche · rank #51,589 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,589
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Patenkind
Nearest frequency peer: Patenkind (-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 „Paulskirche“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Parlamentes
Parlamentes
48,415 corpus weight
- Parterre
Parterre
48,414 corpus weight
- Patenkind
Patenkind
48,413 corpus weight
- Paulskirche
Paulskirche
48,412 corpus weight
- Pellets
Pellets
48,411 corpus weight
- performen
performen
48,410 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Paulskirche“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Paulskirche |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpaʊ̯lsˌkɪʁçə] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #51,589 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Paulskirche“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Paulskirche is uncommon German at frequency #51,589 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpaʊ̯lsˌkɪʁçə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Paulskirche, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Paulskirche, spelled P-A-U-L-S-K-I-R-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1meistens dem heiligen Paulus ^(→ WP) geweihtes Gotteshaus, das für Gottesdienste genutzt wird
- 2Kirche in Frankfurt am Main, in der infolge der Märzrevolution 1848 das erste gesamtdeutsche Parlament, die (Frankfurter) Nationalversammlung, tagte
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Paulskirche appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Anfang des 14. Jahrhunderts wurde in Mellenthin eine Kapelle als Filial der Usedomer Paulskirche errichtet.“
„Neben diesen Kirchen, die dem Apostel Paulus geweiht sind, gibt es in folgenden Städten Paulskirchen: Bielefeld, Darmstadt, Dessau […]“
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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