Playboy
[ˈpleːˌbɔɪ̯]
The verdict
“Playboy” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #19,005 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #19,005
- frequency rank, German
- 7
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Mann, der finanziell unabhängig ist und seinen Vergnügungen nachgeht
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Playboy |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpleːˌbɔɪ̯] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #19,005 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Playboy” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Playboy is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpleːˌbɔɪ̯]. Corpus data places it at rank #19,005 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Mann, der finanziell unabhängig ist und seinen Vergnügungen nachgeht".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Playboy, with forms such as "lpayboy", "palyboy", and "plabyoy". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Playboy, spelled P-L-A-Y-B-O-Y.
Definition
- 1Mann, der finanziell unabhängig ist und seinen Vergnügungen nachgeht
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: lpayboy,palyboy,plabyoy,playbboy,playboyy,playbyo,playoby,playyboy,pllayboy,plyaboy,pplayboy
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Playboy - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “Playboy”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is P-L-A-Y-B-O-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈpleːˌbɔɪ̯] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.