prank

[pɹæŋk]

/[pɹæŋk]/ noun

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The verdict

“prank” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #49,972. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#49,972
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der Streich, der Bubenstreich, der Dummejungenstreich, die Possen

Corpus desk

Index DE-prank · prank · German

prank · rank #49,972 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #49,972
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH prachtvoll

Nearest frequency peer: prachtvoll (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „prank“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „prank“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

prank vs Punk
40% similar
prank vs Prinz
40% similar
prank vs print
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for prank
PropertyValue
Headwordprank
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[pɹæŋk]
Letters5
Frequency rank#49,972
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „prank“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).prankliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „prachtvoll“ (#49,971), „Preisentwicklung“ (#49,973), „Primat“ (#49,974). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „prank“ bei #49,972. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around prank (IPA [pɹæŋk]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,972 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "der Streich, der Bubenstreich, der Dummejungenstreich, die Possen".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for prank, with forms such as "parnk", "pprank", and "prakn". 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 also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Punk", "Prinz", "print", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 prank, spelled P-R-A-N-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    der Streich, der Bubenstreich, der Dummejungenstreich, die Possen

Synonyms

practical joke

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • parnk
  • pprank
  • prakn
  • prankk
  • prannk
  • prnak
  • prrank
  • rpank

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of prank - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

parnk2pprank1prakn2prankk1prannk1prnak2prrank1rpank2
Edit distance from "prank"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "prank"?
"prank" is spelled P-R-A-N-K. The IPA pronunciation is [pɹæŋk].
What does "prank" mean?
As a noun, "prank" means: der Streich, der Bubenstreich, der Dummejungenstreich, die Possen
What words are commonly confused with "prank"?
"prank" is commonly confused with "Punk", "Prinz", "print". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "prank"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "prank" is [pɹæŋk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "prank" come from?
"prank" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "prank", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Quint#49,989nagen#49,922Mokka#49,900Shoah#50,048

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list