Peschawar
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The verdict
“Peschawar” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper 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) - Hauptstadt der pakistanischen Provinz Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Corpus desk
Index DE-peschawar · Peschawar · German
Peschawar · 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 | Peschawar |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Peschawar“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Peschawar is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hauptstadt der pakistanischen Provinz Khyber Pakhtunkhwa".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Peschawar, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Peschawar, spelled P-E-S-C-H-A-W-A-R.
Definition
- 1Hauptstadt der pakistanischen Provinz Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Peschawar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Administratives, wirtschaftliches und kulturelles Zentrum von Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ist die Millionenstadt Peschawar.“
„Diesen Zerfall des Durrani-Reiches in eine Vielzahl kleiner Fürstentümer nutzte Ranjit Singh, indem er 1819 Kaschmir eroberte und 1823 sogar Peschawar einnahm.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.