Poller
[ˈpɔlɐ]
The verdict
“Poller” is uncommon German (frequency #53,160 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,160
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kurzer Pfahl zum Festmachen eines Schiffes
Corpus desk
Index DE-poller · Poller · German
Poller · rank #53,160 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,160
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH poco
Nearest frequency peer: poco (-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 „Poller“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Plausch
Plausch
46,844 corpus weight
- Pleiten
Pleiten
46,843 corpus weight
- poco
poco
46,842 corpus weight
- Poller
Poller
46,841 corpus weight
- postwendend
postwendend
46,839 corpus weight
- preiswerten
preiswerten
46,838 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Poller“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Poller |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpɔlɐ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #53,160 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Poller“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Poller is uncommon German at frequency #53,160 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpɔlɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Poller, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Poller, spelled P-O-L-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1kurzer Pfahl zum Festmachen eines Schiffes
- 2kleiner Pfeiler mit dem Zweck, einen Bereich für den Verkehr zu sperren
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Poller appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Seemann befestigt das Tauwerk am Poller.
„Er zieht und zerrt, um das jetzt straffere Seil an einem Poller festzumachen.“
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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