pomelo
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The verdict
“pomelo” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pampelmuse (Frucht) (nicht zu verwechseln mit der Grapefruit)
Corpus desk
Index DE-pomelo · pomelo · German
pomelo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | pomelo |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „pomelo“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
pomelo is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for pomelo in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is pomelo, spelled P-O-M-E-L-O.
Definition
- 1Pampelmuse (Frucht) (nicht zu verwechseln mit der Grapefruit)
- 2Pampelmusenbaum
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pomelo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The pomelo is a citrus fruit.
Synonyms
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.