Pfosten
[ˈp͡fɔstn̩]
The verdict
“Pfosten” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #7,797. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,797
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - vertikales Konstruktionselement
Corpus desk
Index DE-pfosten · Pfosten · German
Pfosten · rank #7,797 · 11 variants · 14 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,797
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Pension
Nearest frequency peer: Pension (-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 “Pfosten”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- packt
packt
92,207 corpus weight
- Parlaments
Parlaments
92,206 corpus weight
- Pension
Pension
92,205 corpus weight
- Pfosten
Pfosten
92,204 corpus weight
- Porto
Porto
92,203 corpus weight
- pour
pour
92,202 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Pfosten” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Pfosten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈp͡fɔstn̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #7,797 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Pfosten” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Pfosten (IPA [ˈp͡fɔstn̩]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,797 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Pfosten, with forms such as "fposten", "pffosten", and "pfosetn". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "poste", "Posen", "Pfote", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 Pfosten, spelled P-F-O-S-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1vertikales Konstruktionselement
- 2Torpfosten
- 3senkrechter Teil einer Fensterverstrebung oder eines Kreuzstockes, der mit dem waagerechten Kämpferholz das Fensterkreuz bildet
- 4senkrechtes eingeschossiges Holz im Fachwerkbau im Gegensatz zu dem mehrgeschossigen senkrechten Ständer
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Pfosten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sie lehnte an einem Pfosten und wartete auf Kundschaft.
„Grigor führt uns zu einem merkwürdigen zweistöckigen Steinhaus, das auf steinernen Pfosten steht.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- fposten
- pffosten
- pfosetn
- pfossten
- pfostenn
- pfostne
- pfostten
- pfotsen
- pfsoten
- pofsten
- ppfosten
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Pfosten - 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.
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 September 3, 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 "Pfosten", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "Pfosten" maps to 14 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "poste". View pair
- 11 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #7,797 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "P" letter cohort. P–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.