Picardie
[pikaʁˈdiː]
The verdict
“Picardie” 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
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Region (ehemalige Provinz) in Frankreich
Corpus desk
Index DE-picardie · Picardie · German
Picardie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Picardie |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [pikaʁˈdiː] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Picardie“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Picardie is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [pikaʁˈdiː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Region (ehemalige Provinz) in Frankreich".
Picardie has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Picardie, spelled P-I-C-A-R-D-I-E.
Definition
- 1Region (ehemalige Provinz) in Frankreich
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Picardie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Picardie ist schön.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.