pendelte
[ˈpɛndl̩tə]
The verdict
“pendelte” is uncommon German (frequency #64,597 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,597
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs pendeln
Corpus desk
Index DE-pendelte · pendelte · German
pendelte · rank #64,597 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,597
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH PDFs
Nearest frequency peer: PDFs (-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 “pendelte”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Partituren
Partituren
35,407 corpus weight
- pasquale
pasquale
35,406 corpus weight
- PDFs
PDFs
35,405 corpus weight
- pendelte
pendelte
35,404 corpus weight
- Peterskirche
Peterskirche
35,403 corpus weight
- Pferdefleis…
Pferdefleisch
35,402 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “pendelte” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pendelte |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈpɛndl̩tə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #64,597 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “pendelte” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
pendelte is uncommon German at frequency #64,597 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈpɛndl̩tə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for pendelte, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is pendelte, spelled P-E-N-D-E-L-T-E.
Definition
- 11. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs pendeln
- 21. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs pendeln
- 33. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs pendeln
- 43. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs pendeln
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.
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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Data Source
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