Puritaner

[puʁiˈtaːnɐ]

/[puʁiˈtaːnɐ]/ noun

The verdict

“Puritaner” is uncommon German (frequency #90,757 among 49,534 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,757
frequency rank, German
49,534
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Anhänger des Puritanismus

Corpus desk

Index DE-puritaner · Puritaner · German

Puritaner · rank #90,757 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,757
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 49,534
  • PHOTO-FINISH Pura

Nearest frequency peer: Pura (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “Puritaner”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “Puritaner” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of May 6, 2026
Key facts for Puritaner
PropertyValue
HeadwordPuritaner
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[puʁiˈtaːnɐ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#90,757
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Puritaner” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Puritaner lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Puritaner is uncommon German at frequency #90,757 among 49,534 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [puʁiˈtaːnɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Anhänger des Puritanismus".

Zero misspellings are on record for Puritaner in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Puritaner, spelled P-U-R-I-T-A-N-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Anhänger des Puritanismus

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Puritaner"?
"Puritaner" is spelled P-U-R-I-T-A-N-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [puʁiˈtaːnɐ].
What does "Puritaner" mean?
As a noun, "Puritaner" means: Anhänger des Puritanismus
How do you pronounce "Puritaner"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Puritaner" is [puʁiˈtaːnɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Puritaner" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Puritaner", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list