prequel
[pʁi.kwɛl]
The verdict
“prequel” is uncommon German (frequency #62,750 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,750
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vorläufer
Corpus desk
Index DE-prequel · prequel · German
prequel · rank #62,750 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,750
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Preissenkung
Nearest frequency peer: Preissenkung (-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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „prequel“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Poncho
Poncho
37,254 corpus weight
- Pornodarste…
Pornodarsteller
37,253 corpus weight
- Preissenkung
Preissenkung
37,252 corpus weight
- prequel
prequel
37,251 corpus weight
- Privatklinik
Privatklinik
37,249 corpus weight
- profanen
profanen
37,248 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „prequel“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | prequel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pʁi.kwɛl] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #62,750 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „prequel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
prequel is uncommon German at frequency #62,750 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [pʁi.kwɛl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Vorläufer".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for prequel, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 prequel, spelled P-R-E-Q-U-E-L.
Definition
- 1Vorläufer
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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