Persephone

[pɛʁˈzeːfone]

/[pɛʁˈzeːfone]/ noun

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The verdict

“Persephone” is uncommon German (frequency #98,903 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#98,903
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gemahlin des Hades und Göttin der Unterwelt

Corpus desk

Index DE-persephone · Persephone · German

Persephone · rank #98,903 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #98,903
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH persil

Nearest frequency peer: persil (+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 „Persephone“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Persephone
PropertyValue
HeadwordPersephone
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[pɛʁˈzeːfone]
Letters10
Frequency rank#98,903
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Persephone“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Persephonefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „persil“ (#98,904), „Personennahverkehrs“ (#98,905), „Pasteten“ (#98,900). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „Persephone“ bei #98,903. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Persephone is uncommon German at frequency #98,903 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [pɛʁˈzeːfone]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gemahlin des Hades und Göttin der Unterwelt".

Zero misspellings are on record for Persephone in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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 explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Persephone, spelled P-E-R-S-E-P-H-O-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gemahlin des Hades und Göttin der Unterwelt

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „[…] Ein Granatapfel war es […], mit dem Hades, der Gott der Unterwelt in der griechischen Mythologie, seine Gemahlin Persephone durch eine List an sich band. Fortan regierte sie mit ihm gemeinsam das Totenreich.“

Synonyms

Proserpina

This word in other languages

Persephone(English)Perséphone(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 "Persephone"?
"Persephone" is spelled P-E-R-S-E-P-H-O-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is [pɛʁˈzeːfone].
What does "Persephone" mean?
As a noun, "Persephone" means: Gemahlin des Hades und Göttin der Unterwelt
How do you pronounce "Persephone"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Persephone" is [pɛʁˈzeːfone]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Persephone" come from?
"Persephone" 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 "Persephone", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

passgenaue#98,899Pankratius#98,895plakativen#98,919Ostsachsen#98,886

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list