Pellets

[ˈpɛlət͡s]

/[ˈpɛlət͡s]/ noun

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The verdict

“Pellets” is uncommon German (frequency #51,590 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,590
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-pellets · Pellets · German

Pellets · rank #51,590 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,590
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Paulskirche

Nearest frequency peer: Paulskirche (-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 „Pellets“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Pellets
PropertyValue
HeadwordPellets
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈpɛlət͡s]
Letters7
Frequency rank#51,590
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Pellets“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Pelletsfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Paulskirche“ (#51,589), „performen“ (#51,591), „Patenkind“ (#51,588). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „Pellets“ bei #51,590. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Pellets is uncommon German at frequency #51,590 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpɛlət͡s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Pellets, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Pellets, spelled P-E-L-L-E-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Pellet
  2. 2
    Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Pellet
  3. 3
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Pellet
  4. 4
    Dativ Plural des Substantivs Pellet
  5. 5
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Pellet

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 "Pellets"?
"Pellets" is spelled P-E-L-L-E-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpɛlət͡s].
What does "Pellets" mean?
As a noun, "Pellets" means: Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Pellet
How do you pronounce "Pellets"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Pellets" is [ˈpɛlət͡s]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Pellets" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Phalanx#51,593Pietsch#51,597packten#51,582neunmal#51,561

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list