puppet
[ˈpʊpət]
The verdict
“puppet” is uncommon German (frequency #93,439 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,439
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Plural Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs puppen
Corpus desk
Index DE-puppet · puppet · German
puppet · rank #93,439 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,439
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Publikumsverk…
Nearest frequency peer: Publikumsverkehr (-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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „puppet“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Pschorr
Pschorr
6,565 corpus weight
- psychedelis…
psychedelischen
6,564 corpus weight
- Publikumsve…
Publikumsverkehr
6,563 corpus weight
- puppet
puppet
6,562 corpus weight
- Puzzleteil
Puzzleteil
6,561 corpus weight
- Päpsten
Päpsten
6,559 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „puppet“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | puppet |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈpʊpət] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #93,439 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „puppet“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
puppet is uncommon German at frequency #93,439 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈpʊpət]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "2. Person Plural Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs puppen".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for puppet, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 puppet, spelled P-U-P-P-E-T.
Definition
- 12. Person Plural Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs puppen
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.
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