picus
The verdict
“picus” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Specht, überwiegend Grünspecht
Corpus desk
Index DE-picus · picus · German
picus · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 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 | picus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „picus“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
picus is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Specht, überwiegend Grünspecht".
No generated misspelling entries exist for picus in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 picus, spelled P-I-C-U-S.
Definition
- 1Specht, überwiegend Grünspecht
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how picus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Picus et cornix ab laeva, corvus, parra ab dextera consuadent.
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.