plötzlichem
[ˈplœt͡slɪçm̩]
The verdict
“plötzlichem” is uncommon German (frequency #89,415 among 49,534 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,415
- frequency rank, German
- 49,534
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs plötzlich
Corpus desk
Index DE-plotzlichem · plötzlichem · German
plötzlichem · rank #89,415 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,415
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 49,534
- PHOTO-FINISH Pint
Nearest frequency peer: Pint (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “plötzlichem”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Pint
Pint
10,587 corpus weight
- plötzlichem
plötzlichem
10,586 corpus weight
- Plüschtier
Plüschtier
10,585 corpus weight
- politico
politico
10,584 corpus weight
- Polizeihubs…
Polizeihubschrauber
10,583 corpus weight
- Polizeipost…
Polizeiposten
10,582 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “plötzlichem” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | plötzlichem |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈplœt͡slɪçm̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #89,415 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “plötzlichem” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
plötzlichem is uncommon German at frequency #89,415 among 49,534 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈplœt͡slɪçm̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for plötzlichem, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is plötzlichem, spelled P-L-Ö-T-Z-L-I-C-H-E-M.
Definition
- 1Dativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs plötzlich
- 2Dativ Singular Neutrum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs plötzlich
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "plötzlichem", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.