Phoebe
The verdict
“Phoebe” is uncommon German (frequency #51,595 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,595
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ursprünglich eine Titanin, die mit der Mondgöttin Diana gleichgesetzt wurde; Phöbe
Corpus desk
Index DE-phoebe · Phoebe · German
Phoebe · rank #51,595 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,595
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 „Phoebe“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- performen
performen
48,410 corpus weight
- Phalanx
Phalanx
48,408 corpus weight
- Pharmakolog…
Pharmakologie
48,407 corpus weight
- Phoebe
Phoebe
48,406 corpus weight
- Pietsch
Pietsch
48,404 corpus weight
- Pipelines
Pipelines
48,403 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Phoebe“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Phoebe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #51,595 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Phoebe“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Phoebe is uncommon German at frequency #51,595 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ursprünglich eine Titanin, die mit der Mondgöttin Diana gleichgesetzt wurde; Phöbe".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Phoebe, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Phoebe, spelled P-H-O-E-B-E.
Definition
- 1ursprünglich eine Titanin, die mit der Mondgöttin Diana gleichgesetzt wurde; Phöbe
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Phoebe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„nullus adhuc mundo praebebat lumina Titan, / nec nova crescendo reparabat cornua Phoebe, / nec circumfuso pendebat in aere tellus / ponderibus librata suis, nec bracchia longo / margine terrarum porrexerat Amphitrite, / utque erat et tellus illic et pontus et aer, / sic erat instabilis tellus, innabilis unda, / lucis egens aer: nulli sua forma manebat, /…
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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