Plochingen

[ˈplɔxɪŋən]

/[ˈplɔxɪŋən]/ name

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The verdict

“Plochingen” is uncommon German (frequency #57,305 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,305
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Stadt in Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland

Corpus desk

Index DE-plochingen · Plochingen · German

Plochingen · rank #57,305 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,305
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Playlists

Nearest frequency peer: Playlists (-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 „Plochingen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Plochingen
PropertyValue
HeadwordPlochingen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈplɔxɪŋən]
Letters10
Frequency rank#57,305
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Plochingen“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Plochingenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Playlists“ (#57,304), „plum“ (#57,306), „Plymouth“ (#57,307). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „Plochingen“ bei #57,305. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Plochingen is uncommon German at frequency #57,305 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈplɔxɪŋən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Stadt in Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland".

Plochingen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Plochingen, spelled P-L-O-C-H-I-N-G-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Stadt in Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Plochingen liegt in Deutschlands Südwesten.

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 "Plochingen"?
"Plochingen" is spelled P-L-O-C-H-I-N-G-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈplɔxɪŋən].
What does "Plochingen" mean?
As a proper noun, "Plochingen" means: eine Stadt in Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland
How do you pronounce "Plochingen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Plochingen" is [ˈplɔxɪŋən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Plochingen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Primzahlen#57,315Parfümerie#57,293provokativ#57,328Prozeduren#57,329

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list