père

[pɛːʀ]

/[pɛːʀ]/ noun

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The verdict

“père” is uncommon German (frequency #92,102 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,102
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vater

Corpus desk

Index DE-pere · père · German

père · rank #92,102 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,102
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Pylonen

Nearest frequency peer: Pylonen (-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 „père“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for père
PropertyValue
Headwordpère
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[pɛːʀ]
Letters4
Frequency rank#92,102
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „père“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Pylonen“ (#92,101), „Puzzleteile“ (#92,100), „Radiosendern“ (#92,104). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „père“ bei #92,102. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

père is uncommon German at frequency #92,102 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [pɛːʀ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

père doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 père, spelled P-È-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Vater
  2. 2
    Pater, Vater

Antonyms

mère

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 "père"?
"père" is spelled P-È-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [pɛːʀ].
What does "père" mean?
As a noun, "père" means: Vater
How do you pronounce "père"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "père" is [pɛːʀ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "père" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pies#92,065rima#92,143Rona#92,152Rufs#92,156

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list