pflanzte
[ˈp͡flant͡stə]
The verdict
“pflanzte” is uncommon German (frequency #57,298 among 49,534 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,298
- frequency rank, German
- 49,534
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs pflanzen
Corpus desk
Index DE-pflanzte · pflanzte · German
pflanzte · rank #57,298 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,298
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 49,534
- PHOTO-FINISH pingelig
Nearest frequency peer: pingelig (+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 “pflanzte”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Parkour
Parkour
42,707 corpus weight
- Passantin
Passantin
42,706 corpus weight
- patrol
patrol
42,705 corpus weight
- pflanzte
pflanzte
42,703 corpus weight
- pingelig
pingelig
42,702 corpus weight
- Pitcher
Pitcher
42,700 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “pflanzte” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pflanzte |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈp͡flant͡stə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #57,298 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pflanzte” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
pflanzte is uncommon German at frequency #57,298 among 49,534 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈp͡flant͡stə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for pflanzte in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is pflanzte, spelled P-F-L-A-N-Z-T-E.
Definition
- 11. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs pflanzen
- 21. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs pflanzen
- 33. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs pflanzen
- 43. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs pflanzen
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 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.