Puerperium
[ˌpuɛʁˈpeːʁiʊm]
The verdict
“Puerperium” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Wochenbett, die sechs bis acht Wochen nach der Entbindung, in denen sich die Geschlechtsorgane der Frau (mit Ausnahme der Brüste) auf den Zustand vor der Schwangerschaft zurückbilden
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Puerperium |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌpuɛʁˈpeːʁiʊm] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Puerperium” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Puerperium is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌpuɛʁˈpeːʁiʊm]. 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: "Wochenbett, die sechs bis acht Wochen nach der Entbindung, in denen sich die Geschlechtsorgane der Frau (mit Ausnahme der Brüste) auf den Zustand vor der Schwangerschaft zurückbilden".
Zero misspellings are on record for Puerperium in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Puerperium, spelled P-U-E-R-P-E-R-I-U-M.
Definition
- 1Wochenbett, die sechs bis acht Wochen nach der Entbindung, in denen sich die Geschlechtsorgane der Frau (mit Ausnahme der Brüste) auf den Zustand vor der Schwangerschaft zurückbilden
Synonyms
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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Using “Puerperium”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is P-U-E-R-P-E-R-I-U-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˌpuɛʁˈpeːʁiʊm] (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.