Pinzgau
[ˈpɪnt͡sˌɡaʊ̯]
The verdict
“Pinzgau” is uncommon German (frequency #61,816 among 49,534 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,816
- frequency rank, German
- 49,534
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine der fünf Regionen des österreichischen Bundeslandes Salzburg
Corpus desk
Index DE-pinzgau · Pinzgau · German
Pinzgau · rank #61,816 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,816
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 49,534
- PHOTO-FINISH Phuket
Nearest frequency peer: Phuket (-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 “Pinzgau”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Pharisäer
Pharisäer
38,188 corpus weight
- Phuket
Phuket
38,186 corpus weight
- Pinzgau
Pinzgau
38,185 corpus weight
- Pistazien
Pistazien
38,184 corpus weight
- Planänderung
Planänderung
38,183 corpus weight
- plattdeutsc…
plattdeutschen
38,182 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Pinzgau” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Pinzgau |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈpɪnt͡sˌɡaʊ̯] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #61,816 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Pinzgau” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Pinzgau is uncommon German at frequency #61,816 among 49,534 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈpɪnt͡sˌɡaʊ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine der fünf Regionen des österreichischen Bundeslandes Salzburg".
Pinzgau has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Pinzgau, spelled P-I-N-Z-G-A-U.
Definition
- 1eine der fünf Regionen des österreichischen Bundeslandes Salzburg
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 "Pinzgau", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 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.