Pfefferminz
[ˈp͡fɛfɐˌmɪnt͡s]
The verdict
“Pfefferminz” is uncommon German (frequency #78,394 among 49,534 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,394
- frequency rank, German
- 49,534
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ein Bonbon oder eine andere Süßware mit Pfefferminzgeschmack
Corpus desk
Index DE-pfefferminz · Pfefferminz · German
Pfefferminz · rank #78,394 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,394
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 49,534
- PHOTO-FINISH pflückt
Nearest frequency peer: pflückt (+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 “Pfefferminz”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Pendlern
Pendlern
21,611 corpus weight
- Pensionäre
Pensionäre
21,610 corpus weight
- Pfefferminz
Pfefferminz
21,607 corpus weight
- pflückt
pflückt
21,605 corpus weight
- Pharmakonze…
Pharmakonzerne
21,604 corpus weight
- Philister
Philister
21,603 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Pfefferminz” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Pfefferminz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈp͡fɛfɐˌmɪnt͡s] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #78,394 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Pfefferminz” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Pfefferminz is uncommon German at frequency #78,394 among 49,534 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈp͡fɛfɐˌmɪnt͡s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Pfefferminz, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Pfefferminz, spelled P-F-E-F-F-E-R-M-I-N-Z.
Definition
- 1ein Bonbon oder eine andere Süßware mit Pfefferminzgeschmack
- 2Pfefferminzaroma
Synonyms
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Pfefferminz", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.