Pizza
[ˈpɪt͡sa]
The verdict
“Pizza” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #3,987 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #3,987
- frequency rank, German
- 5
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ein Gericht der italienischen Küche, welches aus einem Fladenbrot aus Hefeteig, das vor dem Backen mit Tomatensauce bestrichen und mit weiteren Zutaten wie zum Beispiel Mozzarella belegt wird, besteht
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Pizza |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpɪt͡sa] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #3,987 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Pizza” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Pizza is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpɪt͡sa]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,987 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "ein Gericht der italienischen Küche, welches aus einem Fladenbrot aus Hefeteig, das vor dem Backen mit Tomatensauce bestrichen und mit weiteren Zutaten wie zum Beispiel Mozzarella belegt wird, besteht".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Pizza, with forms such as "ipzza", "piza", and "pizaz". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "plaza", "Pizzen", "Pia", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Pizza, spelled P-I-Z-Z-A.
Definition
- 1ein Gericht der italienischen Küche, welches aus einem Fladenbrot aus Hefeteig, das vor dem Backen mit Tomatensauce bestrichen und mit weiteren Zutaten wie zum Beispiel Mozzarella belegt wird, besteht
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ipzza,piza,pizaz,ppizza,pziza
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Pizza - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “Pizza”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is P-I-Z-Z-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈpɪt͡sa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “plaza” - see the side-by-side comparison. Pizza vs plaza
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.