prüften
[ˈpʁyːftn̩]
The verdict
“prüften” is uncommon German (frequency #68,585 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,585
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs prüfen
Corpus desk
Index DE-pruften · prüften · German
prüften · rank #68,585 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,585
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Projektoren
Nearest frequency peer: Projektoren (-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 „prüften“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- processes
processes
31,420 corpus weight
- Produktions…
Produktionskapazitäten
31,419 corpus weight
- Profits
Profits
31,418 corpus weight
- Projektoren
Projektoren
31,417 corpus weight
- prüften
prüften
31,416 corpus weight
- Psychothril…
Psychothriller
31,415 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „prüften“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | prüften |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈpʁyːftn̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #68,585 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „prüften“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
prüften is uncommon German at frequency #68,585 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈpʁyːftn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for prüften in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. 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 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 prüften, spelled P-R-Ü-F-T-E-N.
Definition
- 11. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs prüfen
- 21. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs prüfen
- 33. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs prüfen
- 43. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs prüfen
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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