Pleistozän
[plaɪ̯stoˈt͡sɛːn]
The verdict
“Pleistozän” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - erdgeschichtliche Epoche, geprägt durch mehrere Eiszeiten, die vor etwa 2,4 Mio. Jahren begann und vor etwa 11.300 Jahren endete
Corpus desk
Index DE-pleistozan · Pleistozän · German
Pleistozän · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Pleistozän |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [plaɪ̯stoˈt͡sɛːn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Pleistozän“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Pleistozän is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [plaɪ̯stoˈt͡sɛːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "erdgeschichtliche Epoche, geprägt durch mehrere Eiszeiten, die vor etwa 2,4 Mio. Jahren begann und vor etwa 11.300 Jahren endete".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Pleistozän, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Pleistozän, spelled P-L-E-I-S-T-O-Z-Ä-N.
Definition
- 1erdgeschichtliche Epoche, geprägt durch mehrere Eiszeiten, die vor etwa 2,4 Mio. Jahren begann und vor etwa 11.300 Jahren endete
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Pleistozän appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Pleistozän wurde abgelöst vom Holozän.
Im Pleistozän bedeckte das Eis bis zu 30% des gesamten Festlandes.
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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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.