Pitcher
[ˈpɪt͡ʃɐ]
The verdict
“Pitcher” is uncommon German (frequency #57,301 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,301
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Spieler, der den Ball wirft
Corpus desk
Index DE-pitcher · Pitcher · German
Pitcher · rank #57,301 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,301
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH pingelig
Nearest frequency peer: pingelig (-2 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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Pitcher“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- patrol
patrol
42,705 corpus weight
- pflanzte
pflanzte
42,703 corpus weight
- pingelig
pingelig
42,702 corpus weight
- Pitcher
Pitcher
42,700 corpus weight
- Playlists
Playlists
42,697 corpus weight
- Plochingen
Plochingen
42,696 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Pitcher“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Pitcher |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpɪt͡ʃɐ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #57,301 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Pitcher“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Pitcher is uncommon German at frequency #57,301 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpɪt͡ʃɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Pitcher in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Pitcher, spelled P-I-T-C-H-E-R.
Definition
- 1Spieler, der den Ball wirft
- 2großer Behälter für Getränke
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Pitcher appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Scharfschützen waren ein ganz spezieller Menschenschlag. Ähnlich wie Torhüter beim Eishockey oder Pitcher beim Baseball.“
„›Jimmy ist ein Pitcher‹, sagte Eva einmal, ›aber er spielt lieber auf dem Feld.‹“
This word in other languages
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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