penetrante

[peneˈtʁantə]

/[peneˈtʁantə]/ adj

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The verdict

“penetrante” is uncommon German (frequency #84,397 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#84,397
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs penetrant

Corpus desk

Index DE-penetrante · penetrante · German

penetrante · rank #84,397 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #84,397
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH pelzig

Nearest frequency peer: pelzig (-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 „penetrante“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for penetrante
PropertyValue
Headwordpenetrante
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[peneˈtʁantə]
Letters10
Frequency rank#84,397
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „penetrante“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.penetrantefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „pelzig“ (#84,396), „Penzing“ (#84,398), „país“ (#84,395). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „penetrante“ bei #84,397. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

penetrante is uncommon German at frequency #84,397 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [peneˈtʁantə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for penetrante, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is penetrante, spelled P-E-N-E-T-R-A-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs penetrant
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs penetrant
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs penetrant
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs penetrant
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs penetrant
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs penetrant
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs penetrant
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs penetrant
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs penetrant

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 "penetrante"?
"penetrante" is spelled P-E-N-E-T-R-A-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [peneˈtʁantə].
What does "penetrante" mean?
As an adjective, "penetrante" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs penetrant
How do you pronounce "penetrante"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "penetrante" is [peneˈtʁantə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "penetrante" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list