Portmonee
[pɔʁtmoˈneː]
The verdict
“Portmonee” is uncommon German (frequency #67,598 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,598
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - alternative Schreibweise von Portemonnaie, 1996 durch eine Rechtschreibreform eingeführt.
Corpus desk
Index DE-portmonee · Portmonee · German
Portmonee · rank #67,598 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,598
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH polaren
Nearest frequency peer: polaren (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Portmonee”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Plots
Plots
32,406 corpus weight
- pneumatische
pneumatische
32,405 corpus weight
- polaren
polaren
32,404 corpus weight
- Portmonee
Portmonee
32,403 corpus weight
- Praktik
Praktik
32,402 corpus weight
- Presbyterium
Presbyterium
32,400 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Portmonee” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Portmonee |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pɔʁtmoˈneː] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #67,598 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Portmonee” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Portmonee is uncommon German at frequency #67,598 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [pɔʁtmoˈneː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "alternative Schreibweise von Portemonnaie, 1996 durch eine Rechtschreibreform eingeführt.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Portmonee, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Portmonee, spelled P-O-R-T-M-O-N-E-E.
Definition
- 1alternative Schreibweise von Portemonnaie, 1996 durch eine Rechtschreibreform eingeführt.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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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.