pro Kopf

[pʁoː ˈkɔp͡f]

/[pʁoː ˈkɔp͡f]/ phrase

The verdict

“pro Kopf” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — für mengenmäßige Durchschnittsangaben gebildet in Relation zu jeder Person zum Beispiel eines Landes oder Kontinents (meist bezogen auf ein Jahr)

Key facts for pro Kopf
PropertyValue
Headwordpro Kopf
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[pʁoː ˈkɔp͡f]
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “pro Kopf” sits in German frequency

pro Kopf falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for pro Kopf is 8 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pʁoː ˈkɔp͡f]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "für mengenmäßige Durchschnittsangaben gebildet in Relation zu jeder Person zum Beispiel eines Landes oder Kontinents (meist bezogen auf ein Jahr)".

No misspelling variants are generated for pro Kopf in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is pro Kopf, spelled P-R-O- -K-O-P-F, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    für mengenmäßige Durchschnittsangaben gebildet in Relation zu jeder Person zum Beispiel eines Landes oder Kontinents (meist bezogen auf ein Jahr)

Synonyms

pro Personpro Nasepro Mann und Nase

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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pro Kopf"?
"pro Kopf" is spelled P-R-O- -K-O-P-F. The IPA pronunciation is [pʁoː ˈkɔp͡f].
What does "pro Kopf" mean?
As a phrase, "pro Kopf" means: für mengenmäßige Durchschnittsangaben gebildet in Relation zu jeder Person zum Beispiel eines Landes oder Kontinents (meist bezogen auf ein Jahr)
How do you pronounce "pro Kopf"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pro Kopf" is [pʁoː ˈkɔp͡f]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pro Kopf" come from?
"pro Kopf" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “pro Kopf”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is P-R-O- -K-O-P-F - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [pʁoː ˈkɔp͡f] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.

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