Perm

[pɛʁm]

/[pɛʁm]/ noun

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The verdict

“Perm” is uncommon German (frequency #58,165 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,165
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die jüngste Periode im Erdaltertum vor 298,9 bis 251,9 Millionen Jahren

Corpus desk

Index DE-perm · Perm · German

Perm · rank #58,165 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,165
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH periodische

Nearest frequency peer: periodische (-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 „Perm“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Perm
PropertyValue
HeadwordPerm
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[pɛʁm]
Letters4
Frequency rank#58,165
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Perm“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Permfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „periodische“ (#58,164), „Perugia“ (#58,167), „peaches“ (#58,162). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „Perm“ bei #58,165. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Perm is uncommon German at frequency #58,165 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [pɛʁm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die jüngste Periode im Erdaltertum vor 298,9 bis 251,9 Millionen Jahren".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Perm, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. 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 its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Perm, spelled P-E-R-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    die jüngste Periode im Erdaltertum vor 298,9 bis 251,9 Millionen Jahren

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Perm appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Am Ende des Perms starben viele Tierarten aus.
  2. Auch Saurier lebten bereits im Perm.

Antonyms

KambriumOrdoviziumSilurDevonKarbon

This word in other languages

Permian(English)pérmico(Español)permien(Français)

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 "Perm"?
"Perm" is spelled P-E-R-M. The IPA pronunciation is [pɛʁm].
What does "Perm" mean?
As a noun, "Perm" means: die jüngste Periode im Erdaltertum vor 298,9 bis 251,9 Millionen Jahren
How do you pronounce "Perm"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Perm" is [pɛʁm]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Perm" come from?
"Perm" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

mojo#58,103Ruch#58,233sail#58,245malo#58,074

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list