branches
[brɑːnt͡ʃɪz]
The verdict
“branches” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plural des Substantivs branch
Corpus desk
Index DE-branches · branches · German
branches · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | branches |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [brɑːnt͡ʃɪz] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „branches“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
branches is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [brɑːnt͡ʃɪz]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Plural des Substantivs branch".
Zero misspellings are on record for branches in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 branches, spelled B-R-A-N-C-H-E-S.
Definition
- 1Plural des Substantivs branch
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.