Polygon
[poliˈɡoːn]
The verdict
“Polygon” is uncommon German (frequency #77,183 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,183
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Figur, die aus mindestens drei durch gerade Linien verbundenen, voneinander verschiedenen Punkten besteht
Corpus desk
Index DE-polygon · Polygon · German
Polygon · rank #77,183 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,183
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Politologen
Nearest frequency peer: Politologen (-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 „Polygon“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- pneumatisch…
pneumatischen
22,821 corpus weight
- polare
polare
22,820 corpus weight
- Politologen
Politologen
22,819 corpus weight
- Polygon
Polygon
22,818 corpus weight
- Pommer
Pommer
22,817 corpus weight
- populäres
populäres
22,816 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Polygon“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Polygon |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [poliˈɡoːn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #77,183 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Polygon“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Polygon is uncommon German at frequency #77,183 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [poliˈɡoːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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.
Definition
- 1Figur, die aus mindestens drei durch gerade Linien verbundenen, voneinander verschiedenen Punkten besteht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Polygon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ein Achteck […] ist ein Polygon mit acht Ecken und acht Seiten.“
„Neben Dreiecken lassen sich auch andere Polygone als Grundrisse von Pyramiden verwenden.“
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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