Polygon

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Polygon is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [poliˈɡoːn]. Corpus data places it at rank #77,183 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Figur, die aus mindestens drei durch gerade Linien verbundenen, voneinander verschiedenen Punkten besteht".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Polygon, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Polygon, spelled P-O-L-Y-G-O-N.