Pfuhl
[p͡fuːl]
The verdict
“Pfuhl” is uncommon German (frequency #86,909 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,909
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sumpfiger Tümpel, Sumpf
Corpus desk
Index DE-pfuhl · Pfuhl · German
Pfuhl · rank #86,909 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,909
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH pigs
Nearest frequency peer: pigs (+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 „Pfuhl“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Petting
Petting
13,096 corpus weight
- pflanz
pflanz
13,095 corpus weight
- Pflanzenart
Pflanzenart
13,094 corpus weight
- Pfuhl
Pfuhl
13,092 corpus weight
- pigs
pigs
13,091 corpus weight
- Piranhas
Piranhas
13,090 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Pfuhl“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Pfuhl |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [p͡fuːl] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #86,909 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Pfuhl“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Pfuhl is uncommon German at frequency #86,909 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [p͡fuːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Pfuhl in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Pfuhl, spelled P-F-U-H-L.
Definition
- 1sumpfiger Tümpel, Sumpf
- 2Sinnbild für Schmutz, für Sünde
- 3Jauche
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Pfuhl appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ein Sumpf zieht am Gebirge hin, verpestet alles schon Errungene; den faulen Pfuhl auch abzuziehn, das Letzte wär’ das Höchsterrungene.“
„Ganz ähnlich jenem ersten abscheulichen Rädelsführer, der tausend Legionen schuldloser Engel in rebellisches Feuer fachte und mit sich hinab in den tiefen Pfuhl der Verdammung zog“
This word in other languages
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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