Pflicht
[p͡flɪçt]
The verdict
“Pflicht” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #2,316 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #2,316
- frequency rank, German
- 7
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - etwas, das getan werden muss, was von einem verlangt oder erwartet wird
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Pflicht |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [p͡flɪçt] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #2,316 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Pflicht” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Pflicht is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [p͡flɪçt]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,316 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "etwas, das getan werden muss, was von einem verlangt oder erwartet wird".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Pflicht, with forms such as "fplicht", "pfflicht", and "pfilcht". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Pflichten", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Pflicht, spelled P-F-L-I-C-H-T.
Definition
- 1etwas, das getan werden muss, was von einem verlangt oder erwartet wird
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: fplicht,pfflicht,pfilcht,pflciht,pfliccht,pflichht,pflichtt,pflicth,pflihct,pfllicht,plficht,ppflicht
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Pflicht - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “Pflicht”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is P-F-L-I-C-H-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [p͡flɪçt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Pflichten” - see the side-by-side comparison. Pflicht vs Pflichten
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.