penn
[pɛn]
The verdict
“penn” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #24,067) as a verb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #24,067
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
- 3
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs pennen
Corpus desk
Index DE-penn · penn · German
penn · rank #24,067 · 3 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #24,067
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 3 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Pathos
Nearest frequency peer: Pathos (-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.
Häufigkeitsnachbarn des Verwechslers „penn“
Peers mit ähnlichem Corpus-Gewicht, getrennt von den Verwechslungspaaren unten
- parties
parties
75,937 corpus weight
- paste
paste
75,936 corpus weight
- Pathos
Pathos
75,935 corpus weight
- penn
penn
75,934 corpus weight
- petit
petit
75,933 corpus weight
- Phantasien
Phantasien
75,932 corpus weight
What this shows Balken platzieren „penn“ gegen die nächsten gerankten deutschen Lemmata, kein Reprint der Verwechslungsdesk.
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 | penn |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [pɛn] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #24,067 |
| Misspellings tracked | 3 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „penn“
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for penn is neighbouring look-alikes ("per", "Pep", …), not just typos; it is averb pronounced [pɛn]. Frequency #24,067 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Gloss: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs pennen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 3 likely wrong-spelling variants for penn, with forms such as "epnn", "pnen", and "ppenn". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "per", "Pep", "PIN", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is penn, spelled P-E-N-N.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs pennen
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- epnn
- pnen
- ppenn
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of penn - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).