Polyeder
[poliˈʔeːdɐ]
The verdict
“Polyeder” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Körper, der von ebenen Flächen (Vielecke, Polygone) begrenzt wird, die nicht alle die gleiche Form haben müssen
Corpus desk
Index DE-polyeder · Polyeder · German
Polyeder · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Polyeder |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [poliˈʔeːdɐ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Polyeder“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Polyeder is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [poliˈʔeːdɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Körper, der von ebenen Flächen (Vielecke, Polygone) begrenzt wird, die nicht alle die gleiche Form haben müssen".
Polyeder has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Polyeder, spelled P-O-L-Y-E-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1Körper, der von ebenen Flächen (Vielecke, Polygone) begrenzt wird, die nicht alle die gleiche Form haben müssen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Polyeder appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die konvexen Polyeder, die durch regelmäßige Vielecke begrenzt sind und nicht in eine der vorherigen Kategorien fallen, sind die 92 Johnson-Körper.
„Wir haben eine Fläche entfernt, den Polyeder an dem entstandenen Loch auseinander gezogen und dann flach gedrückt.“
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.