Pongide
[pɔŋˈɡiːdə]
The verdict
“Pongide” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Primatenfamilie der Pongidae oder Menschenaffen
Corpus desk
Index DE-pongide · Pongide · German
Pongide · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | Pongide |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pɔŋˈɡiːdə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Pongide“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Pongide is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [pɔŋˈɡiːdə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die Primatenfamilie der Pongidae oder Menschenaffen".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Pongide in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 Pongide, spelled P-O-N-G-I-D-E.
Definition
- 1die Primatenfamilie der Pongidae oder Menschenaffen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Pongide appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Andererseits stellt Lemay […] bei Menschen und Pongiden „gleiche anatomische Hirnasymmetrien (Hirnlappen, Fissura Sylvii) mit ähnlicher Häufigkeit“ fest.“
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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.