Pflanze

/[ˈp͡flant͡sə]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,520

in German word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

Pflanze is aGermannoun. It means: eukaryotischer Organismus, der meist in der Lage ist, Photosynthese zu betreiben Pronounced [ˈp͡flant͡sə]. It ranks #5,520 in German word frequency. Often confused with plane and Plätze.

Key facts for Pflanze
PropertyValue
HeadwordPflanze
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈp͡flant͡sə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#5,520
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Pflanze in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Pflanze is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈp͡flant͡sə]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,520 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for Pflanze, with forms such as "fplanze", "pfalnze", and "pfflanze". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "plane", "Plätze", "plante", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Pflanze, spelled P-F-L-A-N-Z-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    eukaryotischer Organismus, der meist in der Lage ist, Photosynthese zu betreiben
  2. 2
    eigenartiger, ungeratener Mensch

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: fplanze,pfalnze,pfflanze,pflanez,pflannze,pflanzze,pflazne,pfllanze,pflnaze,plfanze,ppflanze

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Pflanze

Misspelling Variants of "Pflanze"

fplanze7pfalnze7pfflanze8pflanez7pflannze8pflanzze8pflazne7pfllanze8
Misspelling Variants of "Pflanze"

Frequency rank: #5,520 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Pflanze"?
"Pflanze" is spelled P-F-L-A-N-Z-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈp͡flant͡sə].
What does "Pflanze" mean?
As a noun, "Pflanze" means: eukaryotischer Organismus, der meist in der Lage ist, Photosynthese zu betreiben
What words are commonly confused with "Pflanze"?
"Pflanze" is commonly confused with "plane", "Plätze", "plante". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Pflanze"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Pflanze" is [ˈp͡flant͡sə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Pflanze" come from?
"Pflanze" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.