PC
[peˈt͡seː]
The verdict
“PC” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #1,857) as an abbreviation. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #1,857
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personalcomputer ( Heimcomputer); eine Klasse wenig leistungsfähiger, preiswerter Computer für den Heimgebrauch
Corpus desk
Index DE-pc · PC · German
PC · rank #1,857 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,857
- LEN-SHORT 2 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH offiziell
Nearest frequency peer: offiziell (-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.
Häufigkeitsnachbarn des Verwechslers „PC“
Peers mit ähnlichem Corpus-Gewicht, getrennt von den Verwechslungspaaren unten
- Main
Main
98,147 corpus weight
- offiziell
offiziell
98,145 corpus weight
- PC
PC
98,144 corpus weight
- quellen
quellen
98,143 corpus weight
- Roman
Roman
98,142 corpus weight
- Schweden
Schweden
98,141 corpus weight
What this shows Balken platzieren „PC“ gegen die nächsten gerankten deutschen Lemmata, kein Reprint der Verwechslungsdesk.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | PC |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| IPA | [peˈt͡seː] |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #1,857 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „PC“
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for PC is neighbouring look-alikes ("PS", "Pr", …), not just typos; it is anabbreviation pronounced [peˈt͡seː]. Frequency #1,857 among 3,409 “P” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for PC, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "PS", "Pr", "Po", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is PC, spelled P-C.
Definition
- 1Personalcomputer ( Heimcomputer); eine Klasse wenig leistungsfähiger, preiswerter Computer für den Heimgebrauch
- 2ein Personalcomputer mit einem Intel x86-kompatiblen Prozessor, dem im Heimbereich verbreitetsten Computertyp in den 80ern
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how PC appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mein neuer PC eignet sich sowohl zum Spielen als auch für das Internet sehr gut.
„Vermutlich tauschen sie sich mit anderen vereinsamten PCs aus.“
Synonyms
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.