Picknick
[ˈpɪkˌnɪk]
The verdict
“Picknick” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #18,023. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #18,023
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mahlzeit aus mitgebrachten Speisen, die im Freien zumeist gemeinschaftlich in einer Gruppe oft verbunden mit einem Ausflug eingenommen wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-picknick · Picknick · German
Picknick · rank #18,023 · 13 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #18,023
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Pianist
Nearest frequency peer: Pianist (-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 “Picknick”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Pfoten
Pfoten
81,981 corpus weight
- Phrasen
Phrasen
81,980 corpus weight
- Pianist
Pianist
81,979 corpus weight
- Picknick
Picknick
81,978 corpus weight
- plötzliche
plötzliche
81,977 corpus weight
- porter
porter
81,976 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Picknick” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Picknick |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpɪkˌnɪk] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #18,023 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Picknick” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Picknick (IPA [ˈpɪkˌnɪk]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,023 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Picknick, with forms such as "ipcknick", "pciknick", and "piccknick". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Picknick, spelled P-I-C-K-N-I-C-K.
Definition
- 1Mahlzeit aus mitgebrachten Speisen, die im Freien zumeist gemeinschaftlich in einer Gruppe oft verbunden mit einem Ausflug eingenommen wird
- 2Mahlzeit mehrerer Personen, zu der jeder Teilnehmende Geld oder Speisen beiträgt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Picknick appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wenn es Frühling wird, machen wir ein Picknick am Fluss.
Wir machen heute mit den Nachbarn ein Picknick am Strand.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ipcknick
- pciknick
- piccknick
- pickinck
- pickknick
- pickncik
- picknicck
- picknickk
- picknikc
- picknnick
- picnkick
- pikcnick
- ppicknick
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Picknick - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Picknick", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- 13 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #18,023 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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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.