punishment
[ˈpʌnɪʃmənt]
The verdict
“punishment” 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) - Bestrafung, Strafe
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | punishment |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpʌnɪʃmənt] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “punishment” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for punishment is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpʌnɪʃmənt]. 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: "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
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 “punishment”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is P-U-N-I-S-H-M-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈpʌnɪʃmənt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.