Porridge
[ˈpɔʁɪt͡ʃ]
The verdict
“Porridge” is uncommon German (frequency #71,722 among 49,534 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,722
- frequency rank, German
- 49,534
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (vor allem in den angelsächsischen Ländern beliebte) Speise aus geschrotetem oder gemahlenem Hafer (oder Ähnlichem), der in Wasser oder Milch zu einem dickflüssigen Brei gekocht (und besonders zum ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Porridge |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpɔʁɪt͡ʃ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #71,722 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Porridge” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Porridge is uncommon German at frequency #71,722 among 49,534 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpɔʁɪt͡ʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(vor allem in den angelsächsischen Ländern beliebte) Speise aus geschrotetem oder gemahlenem Hafer (oder Ähnlichem), der in Wasser oder Milch zu einem dickflüssigen Brei gekocht (und besonders zum ...".
Porridge doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 Porridge, spelled P-O-R-R-I-D-G-E.
Definition
- 1(vor allem in den angelsächsischen Ländern beliebte) Speise aus geschrotetem oder gemahlenem Hafer (oder Ähnlichem), der in Wasser oder Milch zu einem dickflüssigen Brei gekocht (und besonders zum Frühstück gegessen) wird
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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Using “Porridge”
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- The one correct German spelling is P-O-R-R-I-D-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.