Pflegefamilien

[ˈp͡fleːɡəfaˌmiːli̯ən]

/[ˈp͡fleːɡəfaˌmiːli̯ən]/ noun

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The verdict

“Pflegefamilien” is uncommon German (frequency #67,588 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,588
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Pflegefamilie

Corpus desk

Index DE-pflegefamilien · Pflegefamilien · German

Pflegefamilien · rank #67,588 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,588
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Pflanzenschut…

Nearest frequency peer: Pflanzenschutzmitteln (-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 „Pflegefamilien“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Pflegefamilien“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Pflegefamilien
PropertyValue
HeadwordPflegefamilien
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈp͡fleːɡəfaˌmiːli̯ən]
Letters14
Frequency rank#67,588
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Pflegefamilien“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Pflegefamilienfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Pflanzenschutzmitteln“ (#67,587), „Pflegern“ (#67,589), „Pferdemarkt“ (#67,586). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „Pflegefamilien“ bei #67,588. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Pflegefamilien is uncommon German at frequency #67,588 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈp͡fleːɡəfaˌmiːli̯ən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Pflegefamilien, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Pflegefamilien, spelled P-F-L-E-G-E-F-A-M-I-L-I-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Pflegefamilie
  2. 2
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Pflegefamilie
  3. 3
    Dativ Plural des Substantivs Pflegefamilie
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Pflegefamilie

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Pflegefamilien"?
"Pflegefamilien" is spelled P-F-L-E-G-E-F-A-M-I-L-I-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈp͡fleːɡəfaˌmiːli̯ən].
What does "Pflegefamilien" mean?
As a noun, "Pflegefamilien" means: Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Pflegefamilie
How do you pronounce "Pflegefamilien"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Pflegefamilien" is [ˈp͡fleːɡəfaˌmiːli̯ən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Pflegefamilien" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Pflegefamilien", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

mitentscheiden#67,514Menschenmengen#67,505Schutzstreifen#67,678marokkanischer#67,486

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list