Phallus
[ˈfalʊs]
The verdict
“Phallus” is uncommon German (frequency #59,958 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,958
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das erigierte männliche Glied (oft in kulturgeschichtlichen Zusammenhängen)
Corpus desk
Index DE-phallus · Phallus · German
Phallus · rank #59,958 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,958
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Pfählen
Nearest frequency peer: Pfählen (-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 „Phallus“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Pfaffen
Pfaffen
40,046 corpus weight
- Pflichtspie…
Pflichtspielen
40,045 corpus weight
- Pfählen
Pfählen
40,044 corpus weight
- Phallus
Phallus
40,043 corpus weight
- Philosophin
Philosophin
40,042 corpus weight
- Phosphate
Phosphate
40,041 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Phallus“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Phallus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfalʊs] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #59,958 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Phallus“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Phallus is uncommon German at frequency #59,958 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfalʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Phallus, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 Phallus, spelled P-H-A-L-L-U-S.
Definition
- 1das erigierte männliche Glied (oft in kulturgeschichtlichen Zusammenhängen)
- 2die embryonale Vorstufe von Penis und Klitoris
- 3zu den Ständerpilzen gehörige Pilzgattung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Phallus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Auf dem Kornhausplatz fand am Mittwoch zum zweiten Mal die Verleihung des goldenen Phallus statt.“
„Insgesamt drei Arten, die Phalli auszustellen, hat er sich ausgedacht: getrocknet, als Ganzes in Formalin (mal mit, mal ohne Hoden) oder schlicht die Penisknochen.“
Synonyms
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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