potentielles
[potɛnˈt͡si̯ɛləs]
The verdict
“potentielles” is uncommon German (frequency #92,076 among 49,534 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,076
- frequency rank, German
- 49,534
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs potentiell
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | potentielles |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [potɛnˈt͡si̯ɛləs] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #92,076 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “potentielles” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
potentielles is uncommon German at frequency #92,076 among 49,534 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [potɛnˈt͡si̯ɛləs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for potentielles in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is potentielles, spelled P-O-T-E-N-T-I-E-L-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs potentiell
- 2Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs potentiell
- 3Nominativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs potentiell
- 4Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs potentiell
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 “potentielles”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is P-O-T-E-N-T-I-E-L-L-E-S - 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.