Planke

[ˈplaŋkə]

/[ˈplaŋkə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Planke” is uncommon German (frequency #84,413 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#84,413
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - starkes, schweres Brett

Corpus desk

Index DE-planke · Planke · German

Planke · rank #84,413 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #84,413
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH plakatieren

Nearest frequency peer: plakatieren (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Planke“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Planke“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Planke
PropertyValue
HeadwordPlanke
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈplaŋkə]
Letters6
Frequency rank#84,413
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Planke“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Plankefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „plakatieren“ (#84,412), „pluralistische“ (#84,414), „Pinguinen“ (#84,411). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „Planke“ bei #84,413. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Planke is uncommon German at frequency #84,413 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈplaŋkə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "starkes, schweres Brett".

Planke doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Planke, spelled P-L-A-N-K-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    starkes, schweres Brett

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Planke appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Die Planken müssen mal wieder gereinigt werden.
  2. „Erst danach werden weitere Planken angebracht, die die Handwerker ebenfalls mit Querstreben verstärken - bis die Bordwand fertig ist.“

This word in other languages

plank(English)tablón(Español)planche(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Planke"?
"Planke" is spelled P-L-A-N-K-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈplaŋkə].
What does "Planke" mean?
As a noun, "Planke" means: starkes, schweres Brett
How do you pronounce "Planke"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Planke" is [ˈplaŋkə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Planke" come from?
"Planke" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Planke", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

prices#84,424pelzig#84,396pulled#84,439Ragusa#84,444

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list