poor

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The verdict

“poor” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #31,733. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,733
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - wenig Geld haben

Corpus desk

Index DE-poor · poor · German

poor · rank #31,733 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,733
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH platzierten

Nearest frequency peer: platzierten (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „poor“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „poor“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

poor vs Pr
25% similar
poor vs Pro
25% similar
poor vs Pop
25% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for poor
PropertyValue
Headwordpoor
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[…]
Letters4
Frequency rank#31,733
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „poor“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).poorliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „platzierten“ (#31,732), „Popo“ (#31,734), „physischer“ (#31,731). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „poor“ bei #31,733. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around poor (IPA […]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #31,733 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for poor, with forms such as "opor", "poorr", and "por". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Pr", "Pro", "Pop", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is poor, spelled P-O-O-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    wenig Geld haben
  2. 2
    von schlechter Qualität
  3. 3
    krank sein, eine angeschlagene Gesundheit haben

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. He grew up in a very poor family.
  2. This car is of poor quality.

Antonyms

rich

This word in other languages

pauvre(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • opor
  • poorr
  • por
  • poro
  • ppoor

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of poor - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

opor2poorr1por1poro2ppoor1
Edit distance from "poor"

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 "poor"?
"poor" is spelled P-O-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "poor" mean?
As an adjective, "poor" means: wenig Geld haben
What words are commonly confused with "poor"?
"poor" is commonly confused with "Pr", "Pro", "Pop". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "poor"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "poor" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "poor" come from?
"poor" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Popo#31,734rapp#31,743rule#31,762mart#31,678

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

tilo5 variantsKaro5 variantskaffe5 variantsirma5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list