pompös

[pɔmˈpøːs]

/[pɔmˈpøːs]/ adj

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The verdict

“pompös” is uncommon German (frequency #96,083 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#96,083
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit viel Pomp, Zierrat

Corpus desk

Index DE-pompos · pompös · German

pompös · rank #96,083 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #96,083
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH poliertem

Nearest frequency peer: poliertem (-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 „pompös“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „pompös“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for pompös
PropertyValue
Headwordpompös
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[pɔmˈpøːs]
Letters6
Frequency rank#96,083
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „pompös“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.pompösfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „poliertem“ (#96,082), „poisson“ (#96,081), „populistischer“ (#96,085). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „pompös“ bei #96,083. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pompös is uncommon German at frequency #96,083 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [pɔmˈpøːs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mit viel Pomp, Zierrat".

Zero misspellings are on record for pompös in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is pompös, spelled P-O-M-P-Ö-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    mit viel Pomp, Zierrat

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how pompös appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Das pompöse Hochzeitsfest fand auf einem dem Baustil des 16. Jahrhunderts angepassten Anwesen in der Nähe von Atlanta statt. Zum Fest gab es eine mehrstöckige Hochzeitstorte mit weißem Schokoladenüberzug.
  2. „Er zeigt ihr die Druckschrift des Reisebüros auf Hochglanzpapier mit einem pompösen Autobus auf der Titelseite.“

Synonyms

wuchtigprunkvollpomphaftbarocküberladenpomposisch

This word in other languages

pompous(English)pomposo(Español)pompeux(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pompös"?
"pompös" is spelled P-O-M-P-Ö-S. The IPA pronunciation is [pɔmˈpøːs].
What does "pompös" mean?
As an adjective, "pompös" means: mit viel Pomp, Zierrat
How do you pronounce "pompös"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pompös" is [pɔmˈpøːs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pompös" come from?
"pompös" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pompös", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

portas#96,087Pflock#96,069Pansen#96,052pampig#96,051

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list