Pflichtspiele

[ˈp͡flɪçtˌʃpiːlə]

/[ˈp͡flɪçtˌʃpiːlə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Pflichtspiele” is uncommon German (frequency #55,607 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,607
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Pflichtspiel

Corpus desk

Index DE-pflichtspiele · Pflichtspiele · German

Pflichtspiele · rank #55,607 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,607
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Pflegefall

Nearest frequency peer: Pflegefall (-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 „Pflichtspiele“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Pflichtspiele
PropertyValue
HeadwordPflichtspiele
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈp͡flɪçtˌʃpiːlə]
Letters13
Frequency rank#55,607
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Pflichtspiele“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Pflegefall“ (#55,606), „Pfründe“ (#55,608), „pflastern“ (#55,605). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „Pflichtspiele“ bei #55,607. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Pflichtspiele is uncommon German at frequency #55,607 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈp͡flɪçtˌʃpiːlə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Pflichtspiele, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Pflichtspiele, spelled P-F-L-I-C-H-T-S-P-I-E-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Pflichtspiel
  2. 2
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Pflichtspiel
  3. 3
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Pflichtspiel
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Pflichtspiel

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 "Pflichtspiele"?
"Pflichtspiele" is spelled P-F-L-I-C-H-T-S-P-I-E-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈp͡flɪçtˌʃpiːlə].
What does "Pflichtspiele" mean?
As a noun, "Pflichtspiele" means: Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Pflichtspiel
How do you pronounce "Pflichtspiele"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Pflichtspiele" is [ˈp͡flɪçtˌʃpiːlə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Pflichtspiele" come from?
"Pflichtspiele" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list