perspective
[pərˈspɛktɪv]
The verdict
“perspective” is uncommon German (frequency #53,976 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,976
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Perspektive, Sichtweise: (persönliche oder fachliche) Anschauung
Corpus desk
Index DE-perspective · perspective · German
perspective · rank #53,976 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,976
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Pelze
Nearest frequency peer: Pelze (-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 „perspective“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Patentamt
Patentamt
46,029 corpus weight
- Paukenschlag
Paukenschlag
46,027 corpus weight
- Pelze
Pelze
46,026 corpus weight
- perspective
perspective
46,025 corpus weight
- peso
peso
46,024 corpus weight
- Pfarrern
Pfarrern
46,023 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „perspective“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | perspective |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pərˈspɛktɪv] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #53,976 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „perspective“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
perspective is uncommon German at frequency #53,976 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [pərˈspɛktɪv]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for perspective, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is perspective, spelled P-E-R-S-P-E-C-T-I-V-E.
Definition
- 1Perspektive, Sichtweise: (persönliche oder fachliche) Anschauung
- 2Perspektive, besonders Fluchtpunktperspektive: Technik, mit der dreidimensionale Objekte auf einer zweidimensionalen Fläche abgebildet werden können
- 3die Fähigkeit, (eine Situation) aus anderen Perspektiven [1] / einer erweiterten Perspektive [1] betrachten zu können
- 4Aussicht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how perspective appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He had a very cynical perspective.
From Smith’s perspective, it was not a good idea.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).