PDC

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The verdict

“PDC” is uncommon German (frequency #70,660 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,660
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Parc Distance Control, Einparkhilfe

Corpus desk

Index DE-pdc · PDC · German

PDC · rank #70,660 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,660
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-0 0 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Pedersen

Nearest frequency peer: Pedersen (+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 „PDC“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „PDC“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for PDC
PropertyValue
HeadwordPDC
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAbbreviation
IPA[…]
Letters3
Frequency rank#70,660
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „PDC“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).PDCfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Pedersen“ (#70,661), „peppers“ (#70,662), „pastoral“ (#70,657). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „PDC“ bei #70,660. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

PDC is uncommon German at frequency #70,660 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anabbreviation, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Parc Distance Control, Einparkhilfe".

PDC doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is PDC, spelled P-D-C.

Definition

  1. 1
    Parc Distance Control, Einparkhilfe

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how PDC appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Sie stieß mit dem anderen Auto zusammen, weil ihr PDC nicht funktionierte.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "PDC"?
"PDC" is spelled P-D-C. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "PDC" mean?
As an abbreviation, "PDC" means: Parc Distance Control, Einparkhilfe
How do you pronounce "PDC"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "PDC" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "PDC" come from?
"PDC" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "PDC", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

neg#70,613MFA#70,570tah#70,867IRS#70,417

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list