Planschbecken

[ˈplanʃˌbɛkn̩]

/[ˈplanʃˌbɛkn̩]/ noun

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)

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.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of May 6, 2026
Key facts for Planschbecken
PropertyValue
HeadwordPlanschbecken
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈplanʃˌbɛkn̩]
Letters13
Frequency rank#58,175
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Planschbecken” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Planschbecken lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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. 1
    (kleineres) flaches Wasserbassin (im eigenen Heim) beziehungsweise (größeres) flaches Wasserbecken (in einer Badeanstalt), in dem Kleinkinder gefahrlos spielen können

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Planschbecken sollten aber höchstens eine Wassertiefe von 10 bis 30 cm haben.“
  2. „Ein fröhliches Getümmel von planschenden, strampelnden, spritzenden, springenden Kinderkörpern in Badehosen oder Badekostüm oder mit aufgeschürzten Kleidern belebt das Planschbecken.“

Antonyms

This word in other languages

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Planschbecken"?
"Planschbecken" is spelled P-L-A-N-S-C-H-B-E-C-K-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈplanʃˌbɛkn̩].
What does "Planschbecken" mean?
As a noun, "Planschbecken" means: (kleineres) flaches Wasserbassin (im eigenen Heim) beziehungsweise (größeres) flaches Wasserbecken (in einer Badeanstalt), in dem Kleinkinder gefahrlos spielen können
How do you pronounce "Planschbecken"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Planschbecken" is [ˈplanʃˌbɛkn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Planschbecken" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list