Pflichtgefühl
[ˈp͡flɪçtɡəˌfyːl]
The verdict
“Pflichtgefühl” is uncommon German (frequency #77,166 among 49,534 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,166
- frequency rank, German
- 49,534
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Drang, sich jemandem oder etwas gegenüber verantwortlich zu zeigen
Corpus desk
Index DE-pflichtgefuhl · Pflichtgefühl · German
Pflichtgefühl · rank #77,166 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,166
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 49,534
- PHOTO-FINISH pflegebedürft…
Nearest frequency peer: pflegebedürftig (-2 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 “Pflichtgefühl”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- pfiffige
pfiffige
22,839 corpus weight
- pflegebedür…
pflegebedürftig
22,837 corpus weight
- Pflichtgefü…
Pflichtgefühl
22,835 corpus weight
- Physiklehrer
Physiklehrer
22,833 corpus weight
- Pianos
Pianos
22,832 corpus weight
- piel
piel
22,831 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Pflichtgefühl” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Pflichtgefühl |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈp͡flɪçtɡəˌfyːl] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #77,166 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Pflichtgefühl” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Pflichtgefühl is uncommon German at frequency #77,166 among 49,534 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈp͡flɪçtɡəˌfyːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Drang, sich jemandem oder etwas gegenüber verantwortlich zu zeigen".
No misspelling variants are generated for Pflichtgefühl in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Pflichtgefühl, spelled P-F-L-I-C-H-T-G-E-F-Ü-H-L.
Definition
- 1Drang, sich jemandem oder etwas gegenüber verantwortlich zu zeigen
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Pflichtgefühl", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 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.