Pigment

[pɪˈɡmɛnt]

/[pɪˈɡmɛnt]/ noun

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The verdict

“Pigment” is uncommon German (frequency #56,426 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,426
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in pflanzlichem, tierischem oder menschlichem Gewebe eingelagerter, seine Färbung bestimmender Farbstoff

Corpus desk

Index DE-pigment · Pigment · German

Pigment · rank #56,426 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,426
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Pflastersteine

Nearest frequency peer: Pflastersteine (-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 „Pigment“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Pigment
PropertyValue
HeadwordPigment
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[pɪˈɡmɛnt]
Letters7
Frequency rank#56,426
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Pigment“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Pigmentfällt 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: „Pflastersteine“ (#56,425), „Pilgrim“ (#56,427), „Pferdesport“ (#56,424). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „Pigment“ bei #56,426. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Pigment is uncommon German at frequency #56,426 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [pɪˈɡmɛnt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Pigment has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Pigment, spelled P-I-G-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    in pflanzlichem, tierischem oder menschlichem Gewebe eingelagerter, seine Färbung bestimmender Farbstoff
  2. 2
    in einem Bindemittel oder Lösungsmittel unlöslicher, aber fein verteilter Farbstoff

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Pigment appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Bei Sonneneinstrahlung bilden sich in der Haut Pigmente.
  2. „Herkömmliche Bindemittel ließen aber das Blau der Pigmente auf der Leinwand ermatten.“

Synonyms

HautfärbestoffHautfarbstoff

This word in other languages

pigment(English)pigmento(Español)pigment(Français)

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 "Pigment"?
"Pigment" is spelled P-I-G-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is [pɪˈɡmɛnt].
What does "Pigment" mean?
As a noun, "Pigment" means: in pflanzlichem, tierischem oder menschlichem Gewebe eingelagerter, seine Färbung bestimmender Farbstoff
How do you pronounce "Pigment"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Pigment" is [pɪˈɡmɛnt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Pigment" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Pilgrim#56,427Pointen#56,431Pastell#56,418Ostheim#56,414

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list