Phuket
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The verdict
“Phuket” is uncommon German (frequency #61,815 among 49,534 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,815
- frequency rank, German
- 49,534
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Stadt im Süden von Thailand
Corpus desk
Index DE-phuket · Phuket · German
Phuket · rank #61,815 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,815
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 49,534
- PHOTO-FINISH Pinzgau
Nearest frequency peer: Pinzgau (+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 “Phuket”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Pfullingen
Pfullingen
38,189 corpus weight
- Pharisäer
Pharisäer
38,188 corpus weight
- Phuket
Phuket
38,186 corpus weight
- Pinzgau
Pinzgau
38,185 corpus weight
- Pistazien
Pistazien
38,184 corpus weight
- Planänderung
Planänderung
38,183 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Phuket” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Phuket |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #61,815 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Phuket” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Phuket is uncommon German at frequency #61,815 among 49,534 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Phuket in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Phuket, spelled P-H-U-K-E-T.
Definition
- 1Stadt im Süden von Thailand
- 2thailändische Provinz mit [1] als Hauptstadt
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.
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 "Phuket", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 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.