piri
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The verdict
“piri” is uncommon German (frequency #96,076 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a numeral. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,076
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Kardinalzahl zwischen eins und drei; zwei
Corpus desk
Index DE-piri · piri · German
piri · rank #96,076 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,076
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Planwagen
Nearest frequency peer: Planwagen (+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 “piri”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- philologisch
philologisch
3,929 corpus weight
- Physikers
Physikers
3,928 corpus weight
- piri
piri
3,925 corpus weight
- Planwagen
Planwagen
3,924 corpus weight
- Poel
Poel
3,923 corpus weight
- Pogromen
Pogromen
3,921 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “piri” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | piri |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Numeral |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #96,076 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “piri” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
piri is uncommon German at frequency #96,076 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anumeral, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Kardinalzahl zwischen eins und drei; zwei".
No misspelling variants are generated for piri in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 piri, spelled P-I-R-I.
Definition
- 1Kardinalzahl zwischen eins und drei; zwei
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 September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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