Pensionat
[pɛnzi̯oˈnaːt]
The verdict
“Pensionat” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Lehranstalt mit Unterbringungsmöglichkeit; Schule mit angeschlossenem Internat
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Pensionat |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pɛnzi̯oˈnaːt] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Pensionat” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Pensionat is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [pɛnzi̯oˈnaːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Pensionat doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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 is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Pensionat, spelled P-E-N-S-I-O-N-A-T.
Definition
- 1Lehranstalt mit Unterbringungsmöglichkeit; Schule mit angeschlossenem Internat
- 2(Zwangs-)Erziehungsanstalt, Strafanstalt
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Pensionat”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is P-E-N-S-I-O-N-A-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [pɛnzi̯oˈnaːt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.