Carls
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The verdict
“Carls” is uncommon German (frequency #58,662 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,662
- frequency rank, German
- 1,273
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Carl
Corpus desk
Index DE-carls · Carls · German
Carls · rank #58,662 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,662
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,273
- PHOTO-FINISH candle
Nearest frequency peer: candle (-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 „Carls“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Cagliari
Cagliari
41,342 corpus weight
- Caligula
Caligula
41,341 corpus weight
- candle
candle
41,340 corpus weight
- Carls
Carls
41,339 corpus weight
- Chefetage
Chefetage
41,337 corpus weight
- chess
chess
41,336 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Carls“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Carls |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #58,662 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Carls“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Carls is uncommon German at frequency #58,662 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Carl".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Carls, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 Carls, spelled C-A-R-L-S.
Definition
- 1Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Carl
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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