Plinthe
[ˈplɪntə]
The verdict
“Plinthe” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine rechteckige oder quadratische Fußplatte unter einer Säule oder unter einer Statue
Corpus desk
Index DE-plinthe · Plinthe · German
Plinthe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | Plinthe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈplɪntə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Plinthe“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Plinthe is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈplɪntə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine rechteckige oder quadratische Fußplatte unter einer Säule oder unter einer Statue".
Plinthe has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Plinthe, spelled P-L-I-N-T-H-E.
Definition
- 1eine rechteckige oder quadratische Fußplatte unter einer Säule oder unter einer Statue
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Plinthe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Die Plinthe besteht aus einer in der Regel quadratischen Platte, die unter einer runden Säulenbasis angeordnet ist. Somit schafft die Plinthe einen optischen Übergang zwischen der runden Säule oder Säulenbasis und dem in der Regel rechteckigen Unterbau, dem Stylobat."
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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.