Pflanzenöl
[ˈp͡flant͡sn̩ˌʔøːl]
The verdict
“Pflanzenöl” is uncommon German (frequency #84,403 among 49,534 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,403
- frequency rank, German
- 49,534
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Öl, das aus bestimmten Pflanzenteilen, wie Samen und Früchten, gewonnen wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-pflanzenol · Pflanzenöl · German
Pflanzenöl · rank #84,403 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,403
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 49,534
- PHOTO-FINISH Pferdestärken
Nearest frequency peer: Pferdestärken (-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 “Pflanzenöl”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Penzing
Penzing
15,603 corpus weight
- Persern
Persern
15,601 corpus weight
- Pferdestärk…
Pferdestärken
15,599 corpus weight
- Pflanzenöl
Pflanzenöl
15,598 corpus weight
- Pflichtteil
Pflichtteil
15,597 corpus weight
- Phänotyp
Phänotyp
15,594 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Pflanzenöl” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Pflanzenöl |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈp͡flant͡sn̩ˌʔøːl] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #84,403 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Pflanzenöl” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Pflanzenöl is uncommon German at frequency #84,403 among 49,534 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈp͡flant͡sn̩ˌʔøːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Öl, das aus bestimmten Pflanzenteilen, wie Samen und Früchten, gewonnen wird".
Pflanzenöl has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Pflanzenöl, spelled P-F-L-A-N-Z-E-N-Ö-L.
Definition
- 1Öl, das aus bestimmten Pflanzenteilen, wie Samen und Früchten, gewonnen wird
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 "Pflanzenöl", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 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.