Pechstein
[ˈpɛçˌʃtaɪ̯n]
The verdict
“Pechstein” is uncommon German (frequency #59,065 among 49,534 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,065
- frequency rank, German
- 49,534
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - glänzendes vulkanisches Gestein
Corpus desk
Index DE-pechstein · Pechstein · German
Pechstein · rank #59,065 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,065
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 49,534
- PHOTO-FINISH patria
Nearest frequency peer: patria (-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 “Pechstein”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- pariert
pariert
40,939 corpus weight
- Pastoralen
Pastoralen
40,938 corpus weight
- patria
patria
40,937 corpus weight
- Pechstein
Pechstein
40,936 corpus weight
- Personalber…
Personalberatung
40,935 corpus weight
- Personenfre…
Personenfreizügigkeit
40,934 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Pechstein” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Pechstein |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpɛçˌʃtaɪ̯n] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #59,065 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Pechstein” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Pechstein is uncommon German at frequency #59,065 among 49,534 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpɛçˌʃtaɪ̯n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "glänzendes vulkanisches Gestein".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Pechstein, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 Pechstein, spelled P-E-C-H-S-T-E-I-N.
Definition
- 1glänzendes vulkanisches Gestein
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.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Pechstein", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 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.