pfarr

[p͡faʁ]

/[p͡faʁ]/ verb

The verdict

“pfarr” is uncommon German (frequency #50,784 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,784
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs pfarren

Corpus desk

Index DE-pfarr · pfarr · German

pfarr · rank #50,784 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,784
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Pfiffe

Nearest frequency peer: Pfiffe (+2 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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “pfarr”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “pfarr” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for pfarr
PropertyValue
Headwordpfarr
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[p͡faʁ]
Letters5
Frequency rank#50,784
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Wo “pfarr” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).pfarrliegt hier:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. In derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite liegen „Pfiffe“ (#50,786), „Personenschaden“ (#50,781), „Pfändung“ (#50,787). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pfarr is uncommon German at frequency #50,784 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [p͡faʁ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs pfarren".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for pfarr, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

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 pfarr, spelled P-F-A-R-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs pfarren

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pfarr"?
"pfarr" is spelled P-F-A-R-R. The IPA pronunciation is [p͡faʁ].
What does "pfarr" mean?
As a verb, "pfarr" means: 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs pfarren
How do you pronounce "pfarr"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pfarr" is [p͡faʁ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pfarr" come from?
"pfarr" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pfarr", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list