Pilotprojekt
[piˈloːtpʁoˌjɛkt]
The verdict
“Pilotprojekt” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #29,734 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #29,734
- frequency rank, German
- 12
- letters
- 19
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - das Leit- beziehungsweise Versuchsprojekt für zukünftige Projekte, in welchem meist neuartige Verfahren getestet werden
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Pilotprojekt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [piˈloːtpʁoˌjɛkt] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #29,734 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Pilotprojekt” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Pilotprojekt is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [piˈloːtpʁoˌjɛkt]. Corpus data places it at rank #29,734 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "das Leit- beziehungsweise Versuchsprojekt für zukünftige Projekte, in welchem meist neuartige Verfahren getestet werden".
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for Pilotprojekt, with forms such as "iplotprojekt", "pillotprojekt", and "piloptrojekt". 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. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Pilotprojekt, spelled P-I-L-O-T-P-R-O-J-E-K-T.
Definition
- 1das Leit- beziehungsweise Versuchsprojekt für zukünftige Projekte, in welchem meist neuartige Verfahren getestet werden
Synonyms
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: iplotprojekt,pillotprojekt,piloptrojekt,pilotporjekt,pilotpprojekt,pilotprjoekt,pilotproejkt,pilotprojekkt,pilotprojektt,pilotprojetk,pilotprojjekt,pilotprojket,pilotprrojekt,pilotrpojekt,pilottprojekt,piltoprojekt,pioltprojekt,pliotprojekt,ppilotprojekt
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Pilotprojekt - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “Pilotprojekt”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is P-I-L-O-T-P-R-O-J-E-K-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [piˈloːtpʁoˌjɛkt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.