PCB
[peːtseːˈbeː]
The verdict
“PCB” is uncommon German (frequency #60,902 among 49,534 “P” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,902
- frequency rank, German
- 49,534
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Polychlorierte Biphenyle
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | PCB |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| IPA | [peːtseːˈbeː] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #60,902 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “PCB” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
PCB is uncommon German at frequency #60,902 among 49,534 “P” headwords, classed as anabbreviation, transcribed [peːtseːˈbeː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Polychlorierte Biphenyle".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for PCB, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is PCB, spelled P-C-B.
Definition
- 1Polychlorierte Biphenyle
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 “PCB”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is P-C-B - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.