Planschbecken
[ˈplanʃˌbɛkn̩]
The verdict
“Planschbecken” is uncommon German (frequency #58,175 among 49,534 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,175
- frequency rank, German
- 49,534
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (kleineres) flaches Wasserbassin (im eigenen Heim) beziehungsweise (größeres) flaches Wasserbecken (in einer Badeanstalt), in dem Kleinkinder gefahrlos spielen können
Corpus desk
Index DE-planschbecken · Planschbecken · German
Planschbecken · rank #58,175 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,175
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 49,534
- PHOTO-FINISH plumpen
Nearest frequency peer: plumpen (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Planschbecken”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Phyllis
Phyllis
41,829 corpus weight
- Pilgerreise
Pilgerreise
41,828 corpus weight
- Planschbeck…
Planschbecken
41,826 corpus weight
- plumpen
plumpen
41,825 corpus weight
- Polygamie
Polygamie
41,824 corpus weight
- Poppe
Poppe
41,823 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Planschbecken” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Planschbecken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈplanʃˌbɛkn̩] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #58,175 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Planschbecken” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Planschbecken is uncommon German at frequency #58,175 among 49,534 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈplanʃˌbɛkn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(kleineres) flaches Wasserbassin (im eigenen Heim) beziehungsweise (größeres) flaches Wasserbecken (in einer Badeanstalt), in dem Kleinkinder gefahrlos spielen können".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Planschbecken in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Planschbecken, spelled P-L-A-N-S-C-H-B-E-C-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1(kleineres) flaches Wasserbassin (im eigenen Heim) beziehungsweise (größeres) flaches Wasserbecken (in einer Badeanstalt), in dem Kleinkinder gefahrlos spielen können
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Planschbecken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Planschbecken sollten aber höchstens eine Wassertiefe von 10 bis 30 cm haben.“
„Ein fröhliches Getümmel von planschenden, strampelnden, spritzenden, springenden Kinderkörpern in Badehosen oder Badekostüm oder mit aufgeschürzten Kleidern belebt das Planschbecken.“
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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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.