paus
[paʊ̯s]
The verdict
“paus” is uncommon German (frequency #74,945 among 49,534 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,945
- 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 pausen
Corpus desk
Index DE-paus · paus · German
paus · rank #74,945 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,945
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 49,534
- PHOTO-FINISH passiere
Nearest frequency peer: passiere (-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 “paus”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- 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
- Perkussion
Perkussion
25,054 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “paus” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | paus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [paʊ̯s] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #74,945 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “paus” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
paus is uncommon German at frequency #74,945 among 49,534 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [paʊ̯s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs pausen".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for paus, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is paus, spelled P-A-U-S.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs pausen
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 4 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.