Porsche
[ˈpɔʁʃə]
The verdict
“Porsche” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #4,922 in German word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #4,922
- frequency rank, German
- 7
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - deutscher Fahrzeughersteller mit Hauptsitz in Stuttgart
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Porsche |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈpɔʁʃə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #4,922 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Porsche” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Porsche is 7 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpɔʁʃə]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,922 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Porsche, with forms such as "oprsche", "porcshe", and "porrsche". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Porsche, spelled P-O-R-S-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1deutscher Fahrzeughersteller mit Hauptsitz in Stuttgart
- 2Fahrzeug des Fahrzeugherstellers Porsche
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: oprsche,porcshe,porrsche,porscche,porsceh,porschhe,porshce,porssche,posrche,pporsche,prosche
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Porsche - 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.
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 “Porsche”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is P-O-R-S-C-H-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈpɔʁʃə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.