Pfifferling
[ˈp͡fɪfɐlɪŋ]
The verdict
“Pfifferling” is uncommon German (frequency #98,911 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,911
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Pilz mit goldgelbem, trichterförmigem Hut
Corpus desk
Index DE-pfifferling · Pfifferling · German
Pfifferling · rank #98,911 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,911
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH pfeifend
Nearest frequency peer: pfeifend (-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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Pfifferling“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- personifizi…
personifiziert
1,095 corpus weight
- Petrograd
Petrograd
1,092 corpus weight
- pfeifend
pfeifend
1,091 corpus weight
- Pfifferling
Pfifferling
1,090 corpus weight
- physiologis…
physiologischer
1,088 corpus weight
- Phönizier
Phönizier
1,087 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Pfifferling“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Pfifferling |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈp͡fɪfɐlɪŋ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #98,911 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Pfifferling“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Pfifferling is uncommon German at frequency #98,911 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈp͡fɪfɐlɪŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein Pilz mit goldgelbem, trichterförmigem Hut".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Pfifferling, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 Pfifferling, spelled P-F-I-F-F-E-R-L-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1ein Pilz mit goldgelbem, trichterförmigem Hut
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Pfifferling appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich mag gern Pfifferlinge.
Pfifferlinge waren in den 1940er und 1950er Jahren ein Arme-Leute-Essen, heute sind sie ziemlich teuer geworden.
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.
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