Phobos
[ˈfoːbɔs]
The verdict
“Phobos” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein natürlicher Satellit des Planeten Mars
Corpus desk
Index DE-phobos · Phobos · German
Phobos · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Phobos |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈfoːbɔs] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Phobos“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Phobos is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈfoːbɔs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein natürlicher Satellit des Planeten Mars".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Phobos, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Phobos, spelled P-H-O-B-O-S.
Definition
- 1ein natürlicher Satellit des Planeten Mars
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Phobos appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Phobos wurde zusammen mit Deimos im Jahre 1877 entdeckt.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.