Pfiffe
[ˈp͡fɪfə]
The verdict
“Pfiffe” is uncommon German (frequency #50,786 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,786
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Pfiff
Corpus desk
Index DE-pfiffe · Pfiffe · German
Pfiffe · rank #50,786 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,786
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Pfändung
Nearest frequency peer: Pfändung (+1 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 “Pfiffe”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Personensch…
Personenschaden
49,220 corpus weight
- pfarr
pfarr
49,217 corpus weight
- Pfiffe
Pfiffe
49,215 corpus weight
- Pfändung
Pfändung
49,214 corpus weight
- pino
pino
49,213 corpus weight
- Pionieren
Pionieren
49,212 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Pfiffe” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Pfiffe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈp͡fɪfə] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #50,786 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Pfiffe” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
Pfiffe is uncommon German at frequency #50,786 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈp͡fɪfə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Pfiffe in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 Pfiffe, spelled P-F-I-F-F-E.
Definition
- 1Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Pfiff
- 2Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Pfiff
- 3Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Pfiff
- 4Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Pfiff
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.
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