Propyläen
[pʁopyˈlɛːən]
The verdict
“Propyläen” is uncommon German (frequency #84,432 among 49,534 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,432
- frequency rank, German
- 49,534
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - die Toranlagen, durch die man in einen altgriechischen Tempelbezirk gelangte
Corpus desk
Index DE-propylaen · Propyläen · German
Propyläen · rank #84,432 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,432
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 49,534
- PHOTO-FINISH provide
Nearest frequency peer: provide (+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 “Propyläen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- professione…
professionellem
15,573 corpus weight
- programs
programs
15,571 corpus weight
- Propyläen
Propyläen
15,569 corpus weight
- provide
provide
15,568 corpus weight
- proxima
proxima
15,567 corpus weight
- Präsidenten…
Präsidentenpalast
15,566 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Propyläen” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Propyläen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pʁopyˈlɛːən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #84,432 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Propyläen” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Propyläen is uncommon German at frequency #84,432 among 49,534 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [pʁopyˈlɛːən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die Toranlagen, durch die man in einen altgriechischen Tempelbezirk gelangte".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Propyläen, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 Propyläen, spelled P-R-O-P-Y-L-Ä-E-N.
Definition
- 1die Toranlagen, durch die man in einen altgriechischen Tempelbezirk gelangte
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 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.