Pistols
[pɪsˈtoːls]
The verdict
“Pistols” is uncommon German (frequency #72,809 among 49,534 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,809
- frequency rank, German
- 49,534
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Pistol
Corpus desk
Index DE-pistols · Pistols · German
Pistols · rank #72,809 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,809
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 49,534
- PHOTO-FINISH pinseln
Nearest frequency peer: pinseln (-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 “Pistols”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- pflanzliches
pflanzliches
27,195 corpus weight
- Picassos
Picassos
27,194 corpus weight
- pinseln
pinseln
27,193 corpus weight
- Pistols
Pistols
27,192 corpus weight
- Plastikfolie
Plastikfolie
27,191 corpus weight
- platine
platine
27,189 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Pistols” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Pistols |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pɪsˈtoːls] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #72,809 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Pistols” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Pistols is uncommon German at frequency #72,809 among 49,534 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [pɪsˈtoːls]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Pistol".
Pistols doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Pistols, spelled P-I-S-T-O-L-S.
Definition
- 1Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Pistol
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Pistols", 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.