Pflege

/[ˈp͡fleːɡə]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,676

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

Pflege is aGermannoun. It means: Fürsorge, Betreuung und Versorgung von Menschen oder Tieren, die gewisse Hilfe benötigen Pronounced [ˈp͡fleːɡə]. It ranks #2,676 in German word frequency. Often confused with plage and Pflug.

Key facts for Pflege
PropertyValue
HeadwordPflege
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈp͡fleːɡə]
Letters6
Frequency rank#2,676
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Pflege is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈp͡fleːɡə]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,676 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 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for Pflege, with forms such as "fplege", "pfelge", and "pfflege". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "plage", "Pflug", "pflegt", 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 Pflege, spelled P-F-L-E-G-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fürsorge, Betreuung und Versorgung von Menschen oder Tieren, die gewisse Hilfe benötigen
  2. 2
    sämtliche Maßnahmen und Handlungen, die dazu dienen, etwas (Materielles oder Geistiges) zu erhalten, zu bewahren

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: fplege,pfelge,pfflege,pfleeg,pflegge,pflgee,pfllege,plfege,ppflege

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Pflege

Misspelling Variants of "Pflege"

fplege6pfelge6pfflege7pfleeg6pflegge7pflgee6pfllege7plfege6
Misspelling Variants of "Pflege"

Frequency rank: #2,676 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Pflege"?
"Pflege" is spelled P-F-L-E-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈp͡fleːɡə].
What does "Pflege" mean?
As a noun, "Pflege" means: Fürsorge, Betreuung und Versorgung von Menschen oder Tieren, die gewisse Hilfe benötigen
What words are commonly confused with "Pflege"?
"Pflege" is commonly confused with "plage", "Pflug", "pflegt". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Pflege"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Pflege" is [ˈp͡fleːɡə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Pflege" come from?
"Pflege" 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.