Pyjama
The verdict
“Pyjama” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #34,322 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #34,322
- frequency rank, German
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - zumeist aus leichtem Stoff gefertigtes sowie aus zusammengehörender Hose und Jacke bestehendes Kleidungsstück, das zum Schlafen getragen wird
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Pyjama |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #34,322 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Pyjama” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Pyjama is 6 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #34,322 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "zumeist aus leichtem Stoff gefertigtes sowie aus zusammengehörender Hose und Jacke bestehendes Kleidungsstück, das zum Schlafen getragen wird".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Pyjama, with forms such as "pjyama", "ppyjama", and "pyajma". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Panama", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Pyjama, spelled P-Y-J-A-M-A.
Definition
- 1zumeist aus leichtem Stoff gefertigtes sowie aus zusammengehörender Hose und Jacke bestehendes Kleidungsstück, das zum Schlafen getragen wird
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This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: pjyama,ppyjama,pyajma,pyjaam,pyjamma,pyjjama,pyjmaa,pyyjama,ypjama
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Pyjama - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “Pyjama”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is P-Y-J-A-M-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “Panama” - see the side-by-side comparison. Pyjama vs Panama
- 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.