Perzentil
[pɛʁt͡sɛnˈtiːl]
The verdict
“Perzentil” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Maß, das geordnete Werte in einhundert gleiche Teile einteilt
Corpus desk
Index DE-perzentil · Perzentil · German
Perzentil · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Perzentil |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pɛʁt͡sɛnˈtiːl] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Perzentil“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Perzentil is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [pɛʁt͡sɛnˈtiːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Maß, das geordnete Werte in einhundert gleiche Teile einteilt".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Perzentil in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Perzentil, spelled P-E-R-Z-E-N-T-I-L.
Definition
- 1Maß, das geordnete Werte in einhundert gleiche Teile einteilt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Perzentil appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Entscheidende Bedeutung gewinnen die Kapitaleinkommen erst innerhalb des obersten Tausendstels, ja Zehntausendstels, so dass sie für das oberste Perzentil insgesamt wenig ins Gewicht fallen.“
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.