perplex
[pɛʁˈplɛks]
The verdict
“perplex” is uncommon German (frequency #54,792 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,792
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - überrascht und/oder verwirrt
Corpus desk
Index DE-perplex · perplex · German
perplex · rank #54,792 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,792
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH peruanischen
Nearest frequency peer: peruanischen (+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 „perplex“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Pastorale
Pastorale
45,213 corpus weight
- Pedelecs
Pedelecs
45,212 corpus weight
- perplex
perplex
45,209 corpus weight
- peruanischen
peruanischen
45,208 corpus weight
- Pfennige
Pfennige
45,207 corpus weight
- Pflegefamil…
Pflegefamilie
45,206 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „perplex“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | perplex |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [pɛʁˈplɛks] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #54,792 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „perplex“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
perplex is uncommon German at frequency #54,792 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [pɛʁˈplɛks]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "überrascht und/oder verwirrt".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for perplex, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is perplex, spelled P-E-R-P-L-E-X.
Definition
- 1überrascht und/oder verwirrt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how perplex appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Das habe ich jetzt aber nicht erwartet“, flüsterte sie perplex.
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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