Pergamon
[ˈpɛʁɡamɔn]
The verdict
“Pergamon” is uncommon German (frequency #62,734 among 49,534 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,734
- frequency rank, German
- 49,534
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - antike Stadt in der Türkei
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Pergamon |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈpɛʁɡamɔn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #62,734 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Pergamon” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Pergamon is uncommon German at frequency #62,734 among 49,534 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈpɛʁɡamɔn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "antike Stadt in der Türkei".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Pergamon, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Pergamon, spelled P-E-R-G-A-M-O-N.
Definition
- 1antike Stadt in der Türkei
This word in other languages
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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Using “Pergamon”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is P-E-R-G-A-M-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈpɛʁɡamɔn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.