Pheromone

[feʁoˈmoːnə]

/[feʁoˈmoːnə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Pheromone” is uncommon German (frequency #73,884 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,884
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Pheromon

Corpus desk

Index DE-pheromone · Pheromone · German

Pheromone · rank #73,884 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,884
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Pflichtlektüre

Nearest frequency peer: Pflichtlektüre (-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 “Pheromone”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “Pheromone” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Pheromone
PropertyValue
HeadwordPheromone
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[feʁoˈmoːnə]
Letters9
Frequency rank#73,884
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Wo “Pheromone” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Pheromoneliegt hier:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. In derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite liegen „Pflichtlektüre“ (#73,883), „Philologe“ (#73,885), „pfeif“ (#73,882). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Pheromone is uncommon German at frequency #73,884 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [feʁoˈmoːnə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for Pheromone in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Pheromone, spelled P-H-E-R-O-M-O-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Pheromon
  2. 2
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Pheromon
  3. 3
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Pheromon

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 "Pheromone"?
"Pheromone" is spelled P-H-E-R-O-M-O-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is [feʁoˈmoːnə].
What does "Pheromone" mean?
As a noun, "Pheromone" means: Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Pheromon
How do you pronounce "Pheromone"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Pheromone" is [feʁoˈmoːnə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Pheromone" come from?
"Pheromone" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Philologe#73,885plauderte#73,892primavera#73,903principle#73,904

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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list