pfui
[p͡fʊɪ̯]
The verdict
“pfui” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #20,367. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,367
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ausruf des Ekels, der Abscheu, der Verachtung, der Empörung, der Missbilligung, des Missfallens und des Hohns
Corpus desk
Index DE-pfui · pfui · German
pfui · rank #20,367 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #20,367
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Pforten
Nearest frequency peer: Pforten (-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 “pfui”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- personelle
personelle
79,637 corpus weight
- Pfiff
Pfiff
79,636 corpus weight
- Pforten
Pforten
79,635 corpus weight
- pfui
pfui
79,634 corpus weight
- Plakette
Plakette
79,633 corpus weight
- Platon
Platon
79,632 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “pfui” 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 | pfui |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | [p͡fʊɪ̯] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #20,367 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “pfui” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around pfui (IPA [p͡fʊɪ̯]), aninterjection. Corpus frequency is #20,367 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Ausruf des Ekels, der Abscheu, der Verachtung, der Empörung, der Missbilligung, des Missfallens und des Hohns".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for pfui, with forms such as "fpui", "pffui", and "pfiu". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pi", "Pu", "PUR", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is pfui, spelled P-F-U-I.
Definition
- 1Ausruf des Ekels, der Abscheu, der Verachtung, der Empörung, der Missbilligung, des Missfallens und des Hohns
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pfui appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Pfui! Wenn Sie Ihren Hund schon hier ausführen müssen, dann benutzen Sie bitte auch eine Tüte für die Hinterlassenschaften desselben.“
„Pfui! Die Toilette verlässt man doch so, wie man sie vorzufinden wünscht.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- fpui
- pffui
- pfiu
- ppfui
- pufi
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pfui - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pfui", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "pfui". Here's where to go from here.
- "pfui" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "pi". View pair
- 5 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #20,367 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.