Postämter
[ˈpɔstˌʔɛmtɐ]
The verdict
“Postämter” is uncommon German (frequency #98,927 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,927
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Postamt
Corpus desk
Index DE-postamter · Postämter · German
Postämter · rank #98,927 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,927
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH postoperativen
Nearest frequency peer: postoperativen (-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 “Postämter”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Pneumatik
Pneumatik
1,078 corpus weight
- popolo
popolo
1,077 corpus weight
- Porphyr
Porphyr
1,076 corpus weight
- postoperati…
postoperativen
1,075 corpus weight
- Postämter
Postämter
1,074 corpus weight
- potent
potent
1,073 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Postämter” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Postämter |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpɔstˌʔɛmtɐ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #98,927 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Postämter” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Postämter is uncommon German at frequency #98,927 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpɔstˌʔɛmtɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Postämter in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Postämter, spelled P-O-S-T-Ä-M-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Postamt
- 2Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Postamt
- 3Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Postamt
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Postämter", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.