Pharaos
[ˈfaːʁaos]
The verdict
“Pharaos” is uncommon German (frequency #71,711 among 49,534 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,711
- frequency rank, German
- 49,534
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Pharao
Corpus desk
Index DE-pharaos · Pharaos · German
Pharaos · rank #71,711 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,711
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 49,534
- PHOTO-FINISH Pfarrgemeinden
Nearest frequency peer: Pfarrgemeinden (-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 “Pharaos”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- perverses
perverses
28,294 corpus weight
- Pfarren
Pfarren
28,292 corpus weight
- Pfarrgemein…
Pfarrgemeinden
28,291 corpus weight
- Pharaos
Pharaos
28,290 corpus weight
- phonetisch
phonetisch
28,289 corpus weight
- Physikerin
Physikerin
28,288 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Pharaos” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Pharaos |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfaːʁaos] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #71,711 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Pharaos” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Pharaos is uncommon German at frequency #71,711 among 49,534 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfaːʁaos]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Pharao".
Pharaos doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists 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 Pharaos, spelled P-H-A-R-A-O-S.
Definition
- 1Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Pharao
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 May 6, 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 "Pharaos", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.