Periode

/[peˈʁi̯oːdə]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,608

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

Periode is aGermannoun. It means: Zeitabschnitt, der durch gemeinsame Merkmale geprägt ist Pronounced [peˈʁi̯oːdə]. It ranks #8,608 in German word frequency. Often confused with pride and Perioden.

Key facts for Periode
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HeadwordPeriode
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[peˈʁi̯oːdə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#8,608
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Periode in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Periode is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [peˈʁi̯oːdə]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,608 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for Periode, with forms such as "epriode", "peirode", and "peridoe". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "pride", "Perioden", "period", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Periode, spelled P-E-R-I-O-D-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Zeitabschnitt, der durch gemeinsame Merkmale geprägt ist
  2. 2
    weibliche Menstruation
  3. 3
    Abstand, nach dem sich ein Ablauf wiederholt
  4. 4
    bei Darstellung eines Bruches in einem Stellenwertsystem (zum Beispiel im Dezimalsystem) sich wiederholende Ziffernfolge
  5. 5
    Menge aufeinanderfolgender Elemente im Periodensystem mit gleicher Anzahl von Elektronenschalen
  6. 6
    komplexer Satz mit mehreren Teilsätzen

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: epriode,peirode,peridoe,periodde,perioed,peroide,perriode,pperiode,preiode

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Periode

Misspelling Variants of "Periode"

epriode7peirode7peridoe7periodde8perioed7peroide7perriode8pperiode8
Misspelling Variants of "Periode"

Frequency rank: #8,608 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Periode"?
"Periode" is spelled P-E-R-I-O-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is [peˈʁi̯oːdə].
What does "Periode" mean?
As a noun, "Periode" means: Zeitabschnitt, der durch gemeinsame Merkmale geprägt ist
What words are commonly confused with "Periode"?
"Periode" is commonly confused with "pride", "Perioden", "period". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Periode"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Periode" is [peˈʁi̯oːdə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Periode" come from?
"Periode" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.