Bucks
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The verdict
“Bucks” is uncommon German (frequency #59,528 among 72,680 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,528
- frequency rank, German
- 72,680
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Buck
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bucks |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #59,528 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Bucks” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Bucks is uncommon German at frequency #59,528 among 72,680 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Bucks has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Bucks, spelled B-U-C-K-S.
Definition
- 1Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Buck
- 2Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Buck
- 3Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Buck
- 4Dativ Plural des Substantivs Buck
- 5Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Buck
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 “Bucks”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-U-C-K-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.