Pyrit
[pyˈʁiːt]
The verdict
“Pyrit” is uncommon German (frequency #86,945 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,945
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - häufig vorkommendes, hartes Mineral, das aus Schwefel und Eisen besteht
Corpus desk
Index DE-pyrit · Pyrit · German
Pyrit · rank #86,945 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,945
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Pulsschlag
Nearest frequency peer: Pulsschlag (-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 „Pyrit“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- pse
pse
13,061 corpus weight
- psychedelis…
psychedelische
13,060 corpus weight
- Pulsschlag
Pulsschlag
13,057 corpus weight
- Pyrit
Pyrit
13,056 corpus weight
- Pächtern
Pächtern
13,055 corpus weight
- quand
quand
13,054 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Pyrit“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Pyrit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pyˈʁiːt] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #86,945 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Pyrit“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Pyrit is uncommon German at frequency #86,945 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [pyˈʁiːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "häufig vorkommendes, hartes Mineral, das aus Schwefel und Eisen besteht".
No misspelling variants are generated for Pyrit in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Pyrit, spelled P-Y-R-I-T.
Definition
- 1häufig vorkommendes, hartes Mineral, das aus Schwefel und Eisen besteht
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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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