Ponton
[ˈpɔntɔŋ]
The verdict
“Ponton” is uncommon German (frequency #74,967 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,967
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - breiter, flacher Kahn oder geschlossener Schwimmkörper für bewegliche Brücken, Landungsstellen und viele andere Zwecke
Corpus desk
Index DE-ponton · Ponton · German
Ponton · rank #74,967 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,967
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH postfaktisch
Nearest frequency peer: postfaktisch (+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 „Ponton“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Platzangebot
Platzangebot
25,038 corpus weight
- plausiblen
plausiblen
25,037 corpus weight
- polk
polk
25,036 corpus weight
- Ponton
Ponton
25,034 corpus weight
- postfaktisch
postfaktisch
25,033 corpus weight
- praise
praise
25,032 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Ponton“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ponton |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpɔntɔŋ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #74,967 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Ponton“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Ponton is uncommon German at frequency #74,967 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpɔntɔŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "breiter, flacher Kahn oder geschlossener Schwimmkörper für bewegliche Brücken, Landungsstellen und viele andere Zwecke".
Zero misspellings are on record for Ponton in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Ponton, spelled P-O-N-T-O-N.
Definition
- 1breiter, flacher Kahn oder geschlossener Schwimmkörper für bewegliche Brücken, Landungsstellen und viele andere Zwecke
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Ponton appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ein Jachthafen kann nach Heids Vorstellung entstehen, wenn mehrere Pontons mit Stegen verbunden werden.
3430 Meter Brückenlänge sollen auf Schwimmkörpern lagern, die aus einzelnen Pontons bestehen, aus Stahlbeton gefertigt, vorgespannt, jeweils 100 Meter, lang, 16 Meter breit und fünf Meter hoch.
Synonyms
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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