Pompadour
[ˈpɔmpaˌduːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Pompadour” is uncommon German (frequency #93,417 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,417
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - beutelartige Handtasche für Frauen aus weichem Material
Corpus desk
Index DE-pompadour · Pompadour · German
Pompadour · rank #93,417 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,417
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH poppig
Nearest frequency peer: poppig (+2 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 „Pompadour“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Platzverhäl…
Platzverhältnisse
6,589 corpus weight
- Pokalwettbe…
Pokalwettbewerb
6,587 corpus weight
- Pompadour
Pompadour
6,584 corpus weight
- poppig
poppig
6,582 corpus weight
- porträtiert…
porträtierten
6,580 corpus weight
- Postdienst
Postdienst
6,579 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Pompadour“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Pompadour |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpɔmpaˌduːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #93,417 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Pompadour“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Pompadour is uncommon German at frequency #93,417 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpɔmpaˌduːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Pompadour in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 Pompadour, spelled P-O-M-P-A-D-O-U-R.
Definition
- 1beutelartige Handtasche für Frauen aus weichem Material
- 2Haarschnitt mit langem, nach oben gestylten Deckhaar
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Pompadour appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Nun zieht sie sie aus und holt aus ihrem Pompadour ein Paar Spangenschuhe, die ich noch nie an ihren Füßen gesehen habe.“
„Tante Marguerite fühlte sofort heraus, wie günstig heute die Dinge für sie lagen, und begann denn auch in demselben Augenblicke, wo sie sich gesetzt und die Seidenhandschuh in ihren Pompadour gesteckt hatte, sich dem hohen Adel königlicher Residenzien zuzuwenden, diesmal mit Umgehung der »Allerhöchsten Herrschaften«.“
Synonyms
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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).