Pogo

[ˈpoːɡoː]

/[ˈpoːɡoː]/ noun

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The verdict

“Pogo” is uncommon German (frequency #60,913 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,913
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - unkoordiniert wirkender Tanz

Corpus desk

Index DE-pogo · Pogo · German

Pogo · rank #60,913 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,913
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Pluralität

Nearest frequency peer: Pluralität (-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 „Pogo“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Pogo
PropertyValue
HeadwordPogo
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈpoːɡoː]
Letters4
Frequency rank#60,913
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Pogo“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Pogofällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Pluralität“ (#60,912), „Ponyhof“ (#60,916), „Philologen“ (#60,909). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „Pogo“ bei #60,913. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Pogo is uncommon German at frequency #60,913 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpoːɡoː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "unkoordiniert wirkender Tanz".

Pogo doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Pogo, spelled P-O-G-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    unkoordiniert wirkender Tanz

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Der Pogo ist ein in der Punk-Kultur weit verbreiteter Tanz.“

This word in other languages

pogo(English)pogo(Français)

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 "Pogo"?
"Pogo" is spelled P-O-G-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpoːɡoː].
What does "Pogo" mean?
As a noun, "Pogo" means: unkoordiniert wirkender Tanz
How do you pronounce "Pogo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Pogo" is [ˈpoːɡoː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Pogo" come from?
"Pogo" 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 "Pogo", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ramm#60,931papp#60,894pads#60,891mois#60,846

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list