perforation
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The verdict
“perforation” is uncommon German (frequency #94,723 among 49,534 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,723
- frequency rank, German
- 49,534
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Perforation, Perforierung
Corpus desk
Index DE-perforation · perforation · German
perforation · rank #94,723 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,723
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 49,534
- PHOTO-FINISH Pensionär
Nearest frequency peer: Pensionär (-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 “perforation”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- patzig
patzig
5,281 corpus weight
- Peitschenhi…
Peitschenhiebe
5,280 corpus weight
- Pensionär
Pensionär
5,279 corpus weight
- perforation
perforation
5,278 corpus weight
- Periodika
Periodika
5,277 corpus weight
- Personalbes…
Personalbestand
5,276 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “perforation” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | perforation |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #94,723 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “perforation” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
perforation is uncommon German at frequency #94,723 among 49,534 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Perforation, Perforierung".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for perforation, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 perforation, spelled P-E-R-F-O-R-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Perforation, Perforierung
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "perforation", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.