Punkte

/[ˈpʊŋktə]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#941

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

Punkte is aGermannoun. It means: Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Punkt Pronounced [ˈpʊŋktə]. It ranks #941 in German word frequency. Often confused with Puste and punta.

Key facts for Punkte
PropertyValue
HeadwordPunkte
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈpʊŋktə]
Letters6
Frequency rank#941
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Punkte in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Punkte is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpʊŋktə]. Corpus data places it at rank #941 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for Punkte, with forms such as "pnukte", "ppunkte", and "puknte". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "Puste", "punta", "punkto", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Punkte, spelled P-U-N-K-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Punkt
  2. 2
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Punkt
  3. 3
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Punkt
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Punkt

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: pnukte,ppunkte,puknte,punket,punkkte,punktte,punnkte,puntke,upnkte

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Punkte

Misspelling Variants of "Punkte"

pnukte6ppunkte7puknte6punket6punkkte7punktte7punnkte7puntke6
Misspelling Variants of "Punkte"

Frequency rank: #941 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Punkte"?
"Punkte" is spelled P-U-N-K-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpʊŋktə].
What does "Punkte" mean?
As a noun, "Punkte" means: Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Punkt
What words are commonly confused with "Punkte"?
"Punkte" is commonly confused with "Puste", "punta", "punkto". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Punkte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Punkte" is [ˈpʊŋktə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Punkte" come from?
"Punkte" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.