Pflegekinder
[ˈp͡fleːɡəˌkɪndɐ]
The verdict
“Pflegekinder” is uncommon German (frequency #81,979 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,979
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Pflegekind
Corpus desk
Index DE-pflegekinder · Pflegekinder · German
Pflegekinder · rank #81,979 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,979
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Pflegeeinrich…
Nearest frequency peer: Pflegeeinrichtung (-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 “Pflegekinder”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- pfiffen
pfiffen
18,024 corpus weight
- Pflegeeinri…
Pflegeeinrichtung
18,023 corpus weight
- Pflegekinder
Pflegekinder
18,022 corpus weight
- Pflegemutter
Pflegemutter
18,021 corpus weight
- philologisc…
philologische
18,020 corpus weight
- philosophic…
philosophical
18,019 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Pflegekinder” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Pflegekinder |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈp͡fleːɡəˌkɪndɐ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #81,979 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Pflegekinder” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
Pflegekinder is uncommon German at frequency #81,979 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈp͡fleːɡəˌkɪndɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Pflegekinder, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Pflegekinder, spelled P-F-L-E-G-E-K-I-N-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Pflegekind
- 2Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Pflegekind
- 3Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Pflegekind
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.
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