Platzregen

[ˈplat͡sˌʁeːɡn̩]

/[ˈplat͡sˌʁeːɡn̩]/ noun

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The verdict

“Platzregen” is uncommon German (frequency #85,693 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,693
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plötzlich einsetzender, starker Regen, der nur von kurzer Dauer ist

Corpus desk

Index DE-platzregen · Platzregen · German

Platzregen · rank #85,693 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,693
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH più

Nearest frequency peer: più (-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 „Platzregen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Platzregen
PropertyValue
HeadwordPlatzregen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈplat͡sˌʁeːɡn̩]
Letters10
Frequency rank#85,693
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Platzregen“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „più“ (#85,692), „Platzverweise“ (#85,694), „Pips“ (#85,691). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „Platzregen“ bei #85,693. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Platzregen is uncommon German at frequency #85,693 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈplat͡sˌʁeːɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "plötzlich einsetzender, starker Regen, der nur von kurzer Dauer ist".

No misspelling variants are generated for Platzregen in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Platzregen, spelled P-L-A-T-Z-R-E-G-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    plötzlich einsetzender, starker Regen, der nur von kurzer Dauer ist

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Beim Spazieren erwischte mich ein Platzregen und ich kam komplett nass zu Hause an.
  2. „Als ich nachhause ging, machte ich wieder den Umweg über die Rudolf-Harbig-Straße, wurde von einem Platzregen überrascht und war bald naß bis auf die Haut.“

This word in other languages

downpour(English)chubasco(Español)averse(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 "Platzregen"?
"Platzregen" is spelled P-L-A-T-Z-R-E-G-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈplat͡sˌʁeːɡn̩].
What does "Platzregen" mean?
As a noun, "Platzregen" means: plötzlich einsetzender, starker Regen, der nur von kurzer Dauer ist
How do you pronounce "Platzregen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Platzregen" is [ˈplat͡sˌʁeːɡn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Platzregen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Praetorius#85,700proportion#85,714optionalen#85,660offerieren#85,657

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list