Pogrom
[poˈɡʁoːm]
The verdict
“Pogrom” is uncommon German (frequency #53,987 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,987
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ausschreitungen gegen bestimmte Personengruppen in einer Gesellschaft
Corpus desk
Index DE-pogrom · Pogrom · German
Pogrom · rank #53,987 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,987
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH played
Nearest frequency peer: played (-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 „Pogrom“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Pinakothek
Pinakothek
46,018 corpus weight
- played
played
46,015 corpus weight
- Pogrom
Pogrom
46,014 corpus weight
- Polak
Polak
46,012 corpus weight
- Poland
Poland
46,011 corpus weight
- Polizeipräs…
Polizeipräsidiums
46,010 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Pogrom“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Pogrom |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [poˈɡʁoːm] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #53,987 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Pogrom“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Pogrom is uncommon German at frequency #53,987 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [poˈɡʁoːm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ausschreitungen gegen bestimmte Personengruppen in einer Gesellschaft".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Pogrom, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Pogrom, spelled P-O-G-R-O-M.
Definition
- 1Ausschreitungen gegen bestimmte Personengruppen in einer Gesellschaft
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Pogrom appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Pogrome kosteten viele Menschen das Leben.
„Und warum fiel es den deutschen Einsatzgruppen zwischen Warschau und Minsk derart leicht, die nichtjüdische Bevölkerung zu Pogromen anzustacheln?“
This word in other languages
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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