peilen

/[ˈpaɪ̯lən]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#72,801

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

peilen is aGermanverb. It means: die Richtung, Ausrichtung oder Position bestimmen Pronounced [ˈpaɪ̯lən].

Key facts for peilen
PropertyValue
Headwordpeilen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈpaɪ̯lən]
Letters6
Frequency rank#72,801
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of peilen in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for peilen is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpaɪ̯lən]. Corpus data places it at rank #72,801 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for peilen in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is peilen, spelled P-E-I-L-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    die Richtung, Ausrichtung oder Position bestimmen
  2. 2
    die Tiefe eines Gewässers bestimmen
  3. 3
    übertragen, eine Situation oder einen Sachverhalt verstehen

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #72,801 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "peilen"?
"peilen" is spelled P-E-I-L-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpaɪ̯lən].
What does "peilen" mean?
As a verb, "peilen" means: die Richtung, Ausrichtung oder Position bestimmen
How do you pronounce "peilen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "peilen" is [ˈpaɪ̯lən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "peilen" come from?
"peilen" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.