Prüfungen

[ˈpʁyːfʊŋən]

/[ˈpʁyːfʊŋən]/ noun

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The verdict

“Prüfungen” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #6,462. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,462
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Prüfung

Corpus desk

Index DE-prufungen · Prüfungen · German

Prüfungen · rank #6,462 · 14 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,462
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH politisches

Nearest frequency peer: politisches (-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 “Prüfungen”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “Prüfungen” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Prüfungen vs Prüfung
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Prüfungen
PropertyValue
HeadwordPrüfungen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈpʁyːfʊŋən]
Letters9
Frequency rank#6,462
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Wo “Prüfungen” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Prüfungenliegt hier:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). In derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite liegen „politisches“ (#6,461), „ringe“ (#6,463), „Plastik“ (#6,460). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around Prüfungen (IPA [ˈpʁyːfʊŋən]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,462 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Prüfungen, with forms such as "pprüfungen", "prfüungen", and "prrüfungen". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Prüfung", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Prüfungen, spelled P-R-Ü-F-U-N-G-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Prüfung
  2. 2
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Prüfung
  3. 3
    Dativ Plural des Substantivs Prüfung
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Prüfung

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • pprüfungen
  • prfüungen
  • prrüfungen
  • prüffungen
  • prüfnugen
  • prüfugnen
  • prüfunegn
  • prüfungenn
  • prüfunggen
  • prüfungne
  • prüfunngen
  • prüufngen
  • pürfungen
  • rpüfungen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Prüfungen - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

pprüfungen1prfüungen2prrüfungen1prüffungen1prüfnugen2prüfugnen2prüfunegn2prüfungenn1
Edit distance from "Prüfungen"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Prüfungen"?
"Prüfungen" is spelled P-R-Ü-F-U-N-G-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpʁyːfʊŋən].
What does "Prüfungen" mean?
As a noun, "Prüfungen" means: Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Prüfung
What words are commonly confused with "Prüfungen"?
"Prüfungen" is commonly confused with "Prüfung". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Prüfungen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Prüfungen" is [ˈpʁyːfʊŋən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Prüfungen" come from?
"Prüfungen" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Prüfungen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

passenden#6,459Russlands#6,465nominiert#6,455Meldungen#6,452

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

Thüringer14 variantsVermutung14 variantsindividuell14 variantswestliche14 variants

What to do next

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  • This headword has one recorded confusable pair with "Prüfung". View pair
  • 14 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
  • Usage frequency rank #6,462 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
  • Browse more German words in the "P" letter cohort. P–Z browse

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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list