peripher
[peʁiˈfeːɐ̯]
The verdict
“peripher” is uncommon German (frequency #88,113 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,113
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - am Rand gelegen, dort befindlich
Corpus desk
Index DE-peripher · peripher · German
peripher · rank #88,113 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,113
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH pena
Nearest frequency peer: pena (-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 „peripher“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Pastellfarb…
Pastellfarben
11,892 corpus weight
- pauschalisi…
pauschalisieren
11,891 corpus weight
- pena
pena
11,889 corpus weight
- peripher
peripher
11,888 corpus weight
- Personalakt…
Personalakten
11,887 corpus weight
- Personalwir…
Personalwirtschaft
11,885 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „peripher“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | peripher |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [peʁiˈfeːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #88,113 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „peripher“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
peripher is uncommon German at frequency #88,113 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [peʁiˈfeːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for peripher, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is peripher, spelled P-E-R-I-P-H-E-R.
Definition
- 1am Rand gelegen, dort befindlich
- 2in den äußeren Bereichen des Körpers befindlich
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how peripher appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das ist ein peripheres Problem.
„Unter den peripheren Nerven lassen sich die Hirnnerven von den übrigen peripheren Nerven abgrenzen.“
Synonyms
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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