planieren
[plaˈniːʁən]
The verdict
“planieren” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - auf einem Geländestück Unebenheiten einebnen, zum Beispiel mit Hilfe einer Maschine, der Planierraupe
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | planieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [plaˈniːʁən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “planieren” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for planieren is 9 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [plaˈniːʁən]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "auf einem Geländestück Unebenheiten einebnen, zum Beispiel mit Hilfe einer Maschine, der Planierraupe".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for planieren, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is planieren, spelled P-L-A-N-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1auf einem Geländestück Unebenheiten einebnen, zum Beispiel mit Hilfe einer Maschine, der Planierraupe
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “planieren”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is P-L-A-N-I-E-R-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [plaˈniːʁən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.