Phalanx

[ˈfaːlaŋks]

/[ˈfaːlaŋks]/ noun

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The verdict

“Phalanx” is uncommon German (frequency #51,593 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,593
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Schlachtaufstellung im alten Griechenland in mehreren Gliedern - lineare Formation

Corpus desk

Index DE-phalanx · Phalanx · German

Phalanx · rank #51,593 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,593
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Pharmakologie

Nearest frequency peer: Pharmakologie (+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 „Phalanx“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Phalanx
PropertyValue
HeadwordPhalanx
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈfaːlaŋks]
Letters7
Frequency rank#51,593
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Phalanx“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Phalanxfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Pharmakologie“ (#51,594), „performen“ (#51,591), „Phoebe“ (#51,595). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „Phalanx“ bei #51,593. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Phalanx is uncommon German at frequency #51,593 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfaːlaŋks]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for Phalanx in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Phalanx, spelled P-H-A-L-A-N-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    Schlachtaufstellung im alten Griechenland in mehreren Gliedern - lineare Formation
  2. 2
    geschlossene, Widerstand leistende Front
  3. 3
    Finger- oder Zehenglied

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Phalanx appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Die Phalanx leitete im griechischen Altertum den Übergang von Einzel- zu Formationskämpfen ein. Die Phalanx wurde wahrscheinlich von den Spartanern im 7. Jahrhundert v. Chr. erfunden.“
  2. „"Internetabzocke und Telefonbetrug werden immer mehr zu einer Einkommensquelle kriminell agierender Personen", stellte Jarolim fest, der die Justizministerin aufrief, "der Phalanx gegen diese Verbrechen beizutreten".“

This word in other languages

phalanx(English)falange(Español)phalange(Français)falange(Português)

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 "Phalanx"?
"Phalanx" is spelled P-H-A-L-A-N-X. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfaːlaŋks].
What does "Phalanx" mean?
As a noun, "Phalanx" means: Schlachtaufstellung im alten Griechenland in mehreren Gliedern - lineare Formation
How do you pronounce "Phalanx"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Phalanx" is [ˈfaːlaŋks]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Phalanx" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Pellets#51,590Pietsch#51,597packten#51,582neunmal#51,561

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list