Pufferzone

[ˈpʊfɐˌt͡soːnə]

/[ˈpʊfɐˌt͡soːnə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Pufferzone” is uncommon German (frequency #56,445 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,445
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gebiet, das zwischen Konfliktparteien liegt und verhindern soll, dass sie unmittelbar aufeinandertreffen

Corpus desk

Index DE-pufferzone · Pufferzone · German

Pufferzone · rank #56,445 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,445
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH psychoanalyti…

Nearest frequency peer: psychoanalytischen (-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 “Pufferzone”

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

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “Pufferzone” 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
Key facts for Pufferzone
PropertyValue
HeadwordPufferzone
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈpʊfɐˌt͡soːnə]
Letters10
Frequency rank#56,445
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Wo “Pufferzone” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Pufferzoneliegt hier:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). In derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite liegen „psychoanalytischen“ (#56,444), „pädophiler“ (#56,446), „prächtiges“ (#56,443). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Pufferzone is uncommon German at frequency #56,445 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpʊfɐˌt͡soːnə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gebiet, das zwischen Konfliktparteien liegt und verhindern soll, dass sie unmittelbar aufeinandertreffen".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Pufferzone, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Pufferzone, spelled P-U-F-F-E-R-Z-O-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gebiet, das zwischen Konfliktparteien liegt und verhindern soll, dass sie unmittelbar aufeinandertreffen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Pufferzone appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Seit über tausend Jahren war die Gegend ein politisches Niemandsland, eine Art Pufferzone zwischen den Dänen und allen, die von Süden kamen – ob Preußen, das Heilige Römische Reich, Franken oder Sachsen.“
  2. „Unter der Landesbezeichnung «Afghanistan» wurde nun nicht mehr das Stammesgebiet der Paschtunen, sondern die herrschaftslose Pufferzone zwischen Russland, Britisch-Indien und Persien verstanden.“

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 "Pufferzone"?
"Pufferzone" is spelled P-U-F-F-E-R-Z-O-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpʊfɐˌt͡soːnə].
What does "Pufferzone" mean?
As a noun, "Pufferzone" means: Gebiet, das zwischen Konfliktparteien liegt und verhindern soll, dass sie unmittelbar aufeinandertreffen
How do you pronounce "Pufferzone"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Pufferzone" is [ˈpʊfɐˌt͡soːnə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Pufferzone" come from?
"Pufferzone" 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 "Pufferzone", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pädophiler#56,446prächtiges#56,443Querbalken#56,450produziere#56,439

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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