Peinlichkeiten

[ˈpaɪ̯nlɪçkaɪ̯tn̩]

/[ˈpaɪ̯nlɪçkaɪ̯tn̩]/ noun

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The verdict

“Peinlichkeiten” is uncommon German (frequency #69,578 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,578
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Peinlichkeit

Corpus desk

Index DE-peinlichkeiten · Peinlichkeiten · German

Peinlichkeiten · rank #69,578 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #69,578
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Pausenhof

Nearest frequency peer: Pausenhof (-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 „Peinlichkeiten“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Peinlichkeiten
PropertyValue
HeadwordPeinlichkeiten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈpaɪ̯nlɪçkaɪ̯tn̩]
Letters14
Frequency rank#69,578
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Peinlichkeiten“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Peinlichkeitenfällt 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: „Pausenhof“ (#69,577), „performt“ (#69,579), „Patronat“ (#69,576). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „Peinlichkeiten“ bei #69,578. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Peinlichkeiten is uncommon German at frequency #69,578 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpaɪ̯nlɪçkaɪ̯tn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Peinlichkeiten, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Peinlichkeiten, spelled P-E-I-N-L-I-C-H-K-E-I-T-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Peinlichkeit
  2. 2
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Peinlichkeit
  3. 3
    Dativ Plural des Substantivs Peinlichkeit
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Peinlichkeit

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 "Peinlichkeiten"?
"Peinlichkeiten" is spelled P-E-I-N-L-I-C-H-K-E-I-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpaɪ̯nlɪçkaɪ̯tn̩].
What does "Peinlichkeiten" mean?
As a noun, "Peinlichkeiten" means: Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Peinlichkeit
How do you pronounce "Peinlichkeiten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Peinlichkeiten" is [ˈpaɪ̯nlɪçkaɪ̯tn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Peinlichkeiten" come from?
"Peinlichkeiten" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Parkplatzsuche#69,570protokollieren#69,599Scherbenhaufen#69,662Lieblingsspiel#69,471

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list