pleasant
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The verdict
“pleasant” is uncommon German (frequency #77,178 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,178
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - angenehm, wohltuend, erfreulich, vergnüglich
Corpus desk
Index DE-pleasant · pleasant · German
pleasant · rank #77,178 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,178
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Plattenladen
Nearest frequency peer: Plattenladen (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “pleasant”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Planstellen
Planstellen
22,826 corpus weight
- platonisch
platonisch
22,825 corpus weight
- Plattenladen
Plattenladen
22,824 corpus weight
- pleasant
pleasant
22,823 corpus weight
- pneumatisch…
pneumatischen
22,821 corpus weight
- polare
polare
22,820 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “pleasant” sits against similarly uncommon German ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pleasant |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #77,178 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “pleasant” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
pleasant is uncommon German at frequency #77,178 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
pleasant doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is pleasant, spelled P-L-E-A-S-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1angenehm, wohltuend, erfreulich, vergnüglich
- 2freundlich
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pleasant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
What a pleasant surprise!
Please look pleasant!
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).