Pabst

name

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The verdict

“Pabst” is uncommon French (frequency #85,094 among 248,534 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,094
frequency rank, French
248,534
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom de famille.

Key facts for Pabst
PropertyValue
HeadwordPabst
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters5
Frequency rank#85,094
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Pabst” sits in French 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). Pabst 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

Pabst is uncommon French at frequency #85,094 among 248,534 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Pabst in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Pabst, spelled P-A-B-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Pabst"?
"Pabst" is spelled P-A-B-S-T.
What does "Pabst" mean?
As a proper noun, "Pabst" means: Nom de famille.
What language does "Pabst" come from?
"Pabst" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “Pabst”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is P-A-B-S-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this 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