PK

abbrev

Letters

2 characters

Frequency Rank

#17,680

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

PK is anGermanabbrev. It means: Paddelklub Often confused with PS and Pr.

Key facts for PK
PropertyValue
HeadwordPK
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAbbrev
Letters2
Frequency rank#17,680
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of PK in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for PK is 2 letters long, classified as anabbrev. Corpus data places it at rank #17,680 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 25 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for PK in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "PS", "Pr", "Po", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is PK, spelled P-K, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Paddelklub
  2. 2
    Pakistan
  3. 3
    Parteikontrollkommission
  4. 4
    Pastorale Konstitution
  5. 5
    Pensionskasse
  6. 6
    permanente Kommission
  7. 7
    Personalkommission
  8. 8
    Personenkennziffer
  9. 9
    Personenkontrolle
  10. 10
    Pferdekraft
  11. 11
    Polizeikommissar
  12. 12
    Polizeikommissariat
  13. 13
    Portokasse
  14. 14
    Postkonferenz
  15. 15
    Postscheckkonto
  16. 16
    Preiskontrolle
  17. 17
    Pressekonferenz
  18. 18
    Pritzwalk
  19. 19
    Produktivkraft/-kräfte
  20. 20
    Programmkarte
  21. 21
    Projektkoordination
  22. 22
    Projektkoordinator
  23. 23
    Prüfungskammer
  24. 24
    Prüfungskommission
  25. 25
    Psychokinese/Psychokinesis

Synonyms

Frequency rank: #17,680 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "PK"?
"PK" is spelled P-K.
What does "PK" mean?
As an abbrev, "PK" means: Paddelklub
What words are commonly confused with "PK"?
"PK" is commonly confused with "PS", "Pr", "Po". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "PK" come from?
"PK" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter P in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.