pochte

[ˈpɔxtə]

/[ˈpɔxtə]/ verb

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The verdict

“pochte” is uncommon German (frequency #61,824 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,824
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs pochen

Corpus desk

Index DE-pochte · pochte · German

pochte · rank #61,824 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,824
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Plebs

Nearest frequency peer: Plebs (-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 „pochte“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for pochte
PropertyValue
Headwordpochte
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈpɔxtə]
Letters6
Frequency rank#61,824
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „pochte“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.pochtefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Plebs“ (#61,823), „polemische“ (#61,825), „polierte“ (#61,826). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „pochte“ bei #61,824. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pochte is uncommon German at frequency #61,824 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈpɔxtə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for pochte, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is pochte, spelled P-O-C-H-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs pochen
  2. 2
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs pochen
  3. 3
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs pochen
  4. 4
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs pochen

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 "pochte"?
"pochte" is spelled P-O-C-H-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpɔxtə].
What does "pochte" mean?
As a verb, "pochte" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs pochen
How do you pronounce "pochte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pochte" is [ˈpɔxtə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pochte" come from?
"pochte" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Phuket#61,815obszön#61,786Reiher#61,862riders#61,877

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list