Petzer
[ˈpɛt͡sɐ]
The verdict
“Petzer” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die eine anderen wissen lässt, dass jemand Anderer etwas unerlaubt, unrechtmäßig oder dergleichen getan hat
Corpus desk
Index DE-petzer · Petzer · German
Petzer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | Petzer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpɛt͡sɐ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Petzer“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Petzer is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpɛt͡sɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person, die eine anderen wissen lässt, dass jemand Anderer etwas unerlaubt, unrechtmäßig oder dergleichen getan hat".
Zero misspellings are on record for Petzer in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Petzer, spelled P-E-T-Z-E-R.
Definition
- 1Person, die eine anderen wissen lässt, dass jemand Anderer etwas unerlaubt, unrechtmäßig oder dergleichen getan hat
Synonyms
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.