pilsner
/ˈpɪlznə/
"pilsner" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pilsner” is an uncommon English word, ranked #58,279 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #58,279
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A pale, light lager beer.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pilsner |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpɪlznə/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #58,279 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pilsner” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for pilsner is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈpɪlznə/. Corpus data places it at rank #58,279 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "A pale, light lager beer.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for pilsner, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From German Pilsner, from Pilsen, the Bohemian city where the beer was first developed. The correct English form is pilsner, spelled P-I-L-S-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1A pale, light lager beer.
Etymology
From German Pilsner, from Pilsen, the Bohemian city where the beer was first developed.
This word in other languages
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “pilsner”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is P-I-L-S-N-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈpɪlznə/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.