puissant
[pɥi.sɑ̃]
The verdict
“puissant” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - über viel Kraft, Einfluss und/oder Autorität verfügend; mächtig, kräftig, stark, vermögend, einflussreich
Corpus desk
Index DE-puissant · puissant · German
puissant · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | puissant |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [pɥi.sɑ̃] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „puissant“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
puissant is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [pɥi.sɑ̃]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.
puissant doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is puissant, spelled P-U-I-S-S-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1über viel Kraft, Einfluss und/oder Autorität verfügend; mächtig, kräftig, stark, vermögend, einflussreich
- 2über große militärische und/oder ökonomische Mittel verfügend; mächtig, stark; schlagkräftig
- 3große Effekte hervorrufend; mächtig, kräftig, stark
- 4sich durch seine Kraft und/oder Handlung durchsetzend; stark
- 5über physische Kraft verfügen oder davon zeugend; kräftig, stark, kraftvoll
- 6wirksam, leistungsstark, leistungsfähig, gut
- 7von großer Intensität; kräftig, stark, kraftvoll
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.