Polynesien
[poliˈneːzi̯ən]
The verdict
“Polynesien” is uncommon German (frequency #72,820 among 49,534 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,820
- frequency rank, German
- 49,534
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine Reihe von Inselgruppen im Pazifik, die sich in einem annähernden Dreieck von Neuseeland im äußersten Südwesten Richtung Nordosten bis nach Hawaii und der Osterinsel im Osten erstrecken
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Polynesien |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [poliˈneːzi̯ən] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #72,820 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Polynesien” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Polynesien is uncommon German at frequency #72,820 among 49,534 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [poliˈneːzi̯ən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Reihe von Inselgruppen im Pazifik, die sich in einem annähernden Dreieck von Neuseeland im äußersten Südwesten Richtung Nordosten bis nach Hawaii und der Osterinsel im Osten erstrecken".
Zero misspellings are on record for Polynesien in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Polynesien, spelled P-O-L-Y-N-E-S-I-E-N.
Definition
- 1eine Reihe von Inselgruppen im Pazifik, die sich in einem annähernden Dreieck von Neuseeland im äußersten Südwesten Richtung Nordosten bis nach Hawaii und der Osterinsel im Osten erstrecken
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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Using “Polynesien”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is P-O-L-Y-N-E-S-I-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.