prasselt
[ˈpʁasl̩t]
The verdict
“prasselt” is uncommon German (frequency #86,919 among 49,534 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,919
- frequency rank, German
- 49,534
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs prasseln
Corpus desk
Index DE-prasselt · prasselt · German
prasselt · rank #86,919 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,919
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 49,534
- PHOTO-FINISH Pranken
Nearest frequency peer: Pranken (-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 “prasselt”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Pore
Pore
13,087 corpus weight
- postdoc
postdoc
13,086 corpus weight
- Prachtexemp…
Prachtexemplar
13,084 corpus weight
- Pranken
Pranken
13,083 corpus weight
- prasselt
prasselt
13,082 corpus weight
- presidente
presidente
13,079 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “prasselt” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | prasselt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈpʁasl̩t] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #86,919 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “prasselt” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
prasselt is uncommon German at frequency #86,919 among 49,534 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈpʁasl̩t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for prasselt, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is prasselt, spelled P-R-A-S-S-E-L-T.
Definition
- 13. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs prasseln
- 22. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs prasseln
- 32. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs prasseln
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 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.