Pottwal
[ˈpɔtvaːl]
The verdict
“Pottwal” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - größter Zahnwal, wissenschaftlich: Physeter macrocephalus
Corpus desk
Index DE-pottwal · Pottwal · German
Pottwal · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Pottwal |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpɔtvaːl] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Pottwal“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Pottwal is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpɔtvaːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "größter Zahnwal, wissenschaftlich: Physeter macrocephalus".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Pottwal, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Pottwal, spelled P-O-T-T-W-A-L.
Definition
- 1größter Zahnwal, wissenschaftlich: Physeter macrocephalus
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Pottwal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pottwale besitzen - wie alle Zahnwale - ein unpaares, einzelnes Blasloch.
„Schweinswale sind im Vergleich mit Pottwalen oder Blauwalen Zwerge.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.