Priesterweihe
[ˈpʁiːstɐˌvaɪ̯ə]
The verdict
“Priesterweihe” is uncommon German (frequency #57,314 among 49,534 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,314
- frequency rank, German
- 49,534
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - die Weihe zum Priester
Corpus desk
Index DE-priesterweihe · Priesterweihe · German
Priesterweihe · rank #57,314 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,314
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 49,534
- PHOTO-FINISH Primzahlen
Nearest frequency peer: Primzahlen (+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 “Priesterweihe”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- poltern
poltern
42,691 corpus weight
- Pornofilm
Pornofilm
42,689 corpus weight
- Priesterwei…
Priesterweihe
42,687 corpus weight
- Primzahlen
Primzahlen
42,686 corpus weight
- Privatunter…
Privatunternehmen
42,685 corpus weight
- proaktiv
proaktiv
42,684 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Priesterweihe” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Priesterweihe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpʁiːstɐˌvaɪ̯ə] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #57,314 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Priesterweihe” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Priesterweihe is uncommon German at frequency #57,314 among 49,534 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpʁiːstɐˌvaɪ̯ə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die Weihe zum Priester".
Priesterweihe has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. 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 borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 Priesterweihe, spelled P-R-I-E-S-T-E-R-W-E-I-H-E.
Definition
- 1die Weihe zum Priester
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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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Priesterweihe", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 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.