Penis
[ˈpeːnɪs]
The verdict
“Penis” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #5,407. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,407
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - männliches Geschlechtsorgan verschiedener Tiere, so auch des Menschen
Corpus desk
Index DE-penis · Penis · German
Penis · rank #5,407 · 7 variants · 18 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,407
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Panzer
Nearest frequency peer: Panzer (-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 “Penis”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- opel
opel
94,597 corpus weight
- Pack
Pack
94,596 corpus weight
- Panzer
Panzer
94,595 corpus weight
- Penis
Penis
94,594 corpus weight
- pool
pool
94,593 corpus weight
- premium
premium
94,592 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Penis” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Penis |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpeːnɪs] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #5,407 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Penis” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Penis (IPA [ˈpeːnɪs]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,407 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "männliches Geschlechtsorgan verschiedener Tiere, so auch des Menschen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Penis, with forms such as "epnis", "peins", and "peniss". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "Pis", "pes", "penn", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Penis, spelled P-E-N-I-S.
Definition
- 1männliches Geschlechtsorgan verschiedener Tiere, so auch des Menschen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Penis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er zog ein Kondom über seinen Penis.
Schlangen haben zwei Penes.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- epnis
- peins
- peniss
- pennis
- pensi
- pneis
- ppenis
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Penis - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Penis", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.