Poloshirt
[ˈpoːloˌʃœːɐ̯t]
The verdict
“Poloshirt” is uncommon German (frequency #84,417 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,417
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hemd mit kurzen Ärmeln mit Knöpfen nur am oberen Teil
Corpus desk
Index DE-poloshirt · Poloshirt · German
Poloshirt · rank #84,417 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,417
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Pokerspieler
Nearest frequency peer: Pokerspieler (-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 „Poloshirt“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Planke
Planke
15,588 corpus weight
- pluralistis…
pluralistische
15,587 corpus weight
- Pokerspieler
Pokerspieler
15,585 corpus weight
- Poloshirt
Poloshirt
15,584 corpus weight
- Popsong
Popsong
15,582 corpus weight
- postalisch
postalisch
15,581 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Poloshirt“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Poloshirt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpoːloˌʃœːɐ̯t] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #84,417 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Poloshirt“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Poloshirt is uncommon German at frequency #84,417 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpoːloˌʃœːɐ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hemd mit kurzen Ärmeln mit Knöpfen nur am oberen Teil".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Poloshirt, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Poloshirt, spelled P-O-L-O-S-H-I-R-T.
Definition
- 1Hemd mit kurzen Ärmeln mit Knöpfen nur am oberen Teil
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Poloshirt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„So sieht er also aus: Der Teufel. Ein pinkes Poloshirt spannt sich über seine Brust, die Sonnenbrille hat er lässig über die hohe Stirn geschoben.“
Synonyms
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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