Pinguinen
[ˈpɪŋɡuiːnən]
The verdict
“Pinguinen” is uncommon German (frequency #84,411 among 49,534 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,411
- frequency rank, German
- 49,534
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dativ Plural des Substantivs Pinguin
Corpus desk
Index DE-pinguinen · Pinguinen · German
Pinguinen · rank #84,411 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,411
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 49,534
- PHOTO-FINISH pill
Nearest frequency peer: pill (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Pinguinen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- pikanten
pikanten
15,593 corpus weight
- Pilaster
Pilaster
15,592 corpus weight
- pill
pill
15,591 corpus weight
- Pinguinen
Pinguinen
15,590 corpus weight
- plakatieren
plakatieren
15,589 corpus weight
- Planke
Planke
15,588 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Pinguinen” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Pinguinen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpɪŋɡuiːnən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #84,411 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Pinguinen” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Pinguinen is uncommon German at frequency #84,411 among 49,534 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpɪŋɡuiːnən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dativ Plural des Substantivs Pinguin".
Zero misspellings are on record for Pinguinen in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 Pinguinen, spelled P-I-N-G-U-I-N-E-N.
Definition
- 1Dativ Plural des Substantivs Pinguin
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Pinguinen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.