Pietsch

[piːt͡ʃ]

/[piːt͡ʃ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Pietsch” is uncommon German (frequency #51,597 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,597
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die regelmäßig alkoholische Getränke in größeren Mengen zu sich nimmt

Corpus desk

Index DE-pietsch · Pietsch · German

Pietsch · rank #51,597 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,597
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Pipelines

Nearest frequency peer: Pipelines (+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 „Pietsch“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Pietsch“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Pietsch
PropertyValue
HeadwordPietsch
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[piːt͡ʃ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#51,597
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Pietsch“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Pietschfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Pipelines“ (#51,598), „Phoebe“ (#51,595), „pirate“ (#51,599). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „Pietsch“ bei #51,597. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Pietsch is uncommon German at frequency #51,597 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [piːt͡ʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person, die regelmäßig alkoholische Getränke in größeren Mengen zu sich nimmt".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Pietsch, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

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 Pietsch, spelled P-I-E-T-S-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    Person, die regelmäßig alkoholische Getränke in größeren Mengen zu sich nimmt

Synonyms

SäuferTrinker

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Pietsch"?
"Pietsch" is spelled P-I-E-T-S-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [piːt͡ʃ].
What does "Pietsch" mean?
As a noun, "Pietsch" means: Person, die regelmäßig alkoholische Getränke in größeren Mengen zu sich nimmt
How do you pronounce "Pietsch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Pietsch" is [piːt͡ʃ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Pietsch" come from?
"Pietsch" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Pietsch", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Phalanx#51,593Pellets#51,590packten#51,582neunmal#51,561

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list