paw
[paf]
The verdict
“paw” is uncommon German (frequency #83,146 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,146
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pfau (Pavo cristatus)
Corpus desk
Index DE-paw · paw · German
paw · rank #83,146 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,146
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH patriarchalis…
Nearest frequency peer: patriarchalischen (-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 „paw“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Partnerschu…
Partnerschule
16,860 corpus weight
- Patenonkel
Patenonkel
16,857 corpus weight
- patriarchal…
patriarchalischen
16,856 corpus weight
- paw
paw
16,855 corpus weight
- peoples
peoples
16,852 corpus weight
- perception
perception
16,851 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „paw“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | paw |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [paf] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #83,146 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „paw“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
paw is uncommon German at frequency #83,146 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [paf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for paw in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is paw, spelled P-A-W.
Definition
- 1Pfau (Pavo cristatus)
- 2Erbrochenes
Synonyms
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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