punishment
[ˈpʌnɪʃmənt]
The verdict
“punishment” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bestrafung, Strafe
Corpus desk
Index DE-punishment · punishment · German
punishment · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | punishment |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpʌnɪʃmənt] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „punishment“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
punishment is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpʌnɪʃmənt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bestrafung, Strafe".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for punishment, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is punishment, spelled P-U-N-I-S-H-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Bestrafung, Strafe
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how punishment appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The punishment was too severe.
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.