Persiflage
[pɛʁziˈflaːʒə]
The verdict
“Persiflage” is uncommon German (frequency #61,805 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,805
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - geistreiche Verspottung eines künstlerischen Werkes oder Genres oder von kulturellen Denk- und Verhaltensmustern, die Mittel der Nachahmung, Ironie und Übertreibung verwendet
Corpus desk
Index DE-persiflage · Persiflage · German
Persiflage · rank #61,805 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,805
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Perfektionism…
Nearest frequency peer: Perfektionismus (-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 „Persiflage“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Parteispend…
Parteispenden
38,201 corpus weight
- pediküre
pediküre
38,200 corpus weight
- Penisse
Penisse
38,199 corpus weight
- Perfektioni…
Perfektionismus
38,197 corpus weight
- Persiflage
Persiflage
38,196 corpus weight
- persons
persons
38,193 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Persiflage“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Persiflage |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pɛʁziˈflaːʒə] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #61,805 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Persiflage“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Persiflage is uncommon German at frequency #61,805 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [pɛʁziˈflaːʒə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "geistreiche Verspottung eines künstlerischen Werkes oder Genres oder von kulturellen Denk- und Verhaltensmustern, die Mittel der Nachahmung, Ironie und Übertreibung verwendet".
Zero misspellings are on record for Persiflage in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Persiflage, spelled P-E-R-S-I-F-L-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1geistreiche Verspottung eines künstlerischen Werkes oder Genres oder von kulturellen Denk- und Verhaltensmustern, die Mittel der Nachahmung, Ironie und Übertreibung verwendet
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Persiflage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Serie hat 26 Folgen und thematisiert das in den USA übliche System der Fluraufsicht als Persiflage auf ältere US-amerikanische Polizeiserien.“
„Während bei der Parodie in der Literatur eine komische, übertreibende Nachahmung in der gleichen Form, aber mit lächerlichem Inhalt geschieht, ist die Nachahmung der Form bei der Persiflage nicht notwendig.“
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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