piller

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The verdict

“piller” is an uncommon German word, ranked #77,172 in German word frequency and used as a noun.

#77,172
frequency rank, German
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Darreichungsform für Arzneimittel und Ähnliches in Form eines kleinen Kügelchens; Pille

Key facts for piller
PropertyValue
Headwordpiller
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters6
Frequency rank#77,172
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “piller” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). piller lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for piller is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as […]. Corpus data places it at rank #77,172 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Darreichungsform für Arzneimittel und Ähnliches in Form eines kleinen Kügelchens; Pille".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for piller, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is piller, spelled P-I-L-L-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Darreichungsform für Arzneimittel und Ähnliches in Form eines kleinen Kügelchens; Pille

Synonyms

tablett

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 "piller"?
"piller" is spelled P-I-L-L-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "piller" mean?
As a noun, "piller" means: Darreichungsform für Arzneimittel und Ähnliches in Form eines kleinen Kügelchens; Pille
How do you pronounce "piller"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "piller" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "piller" come from?
"piller" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “piller”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is P-I-L-L-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as […] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list