chains
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The verdict
“chains” is uncommon German (frequency #82,621 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,621
- frequency rank, German
- 1,273
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs chain
Corpus desk
Index DE-chains · chains · German
chains · rank #82,621 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,621
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,273
- PHOTO-FINISH cel
Nearest frequency peer: cel (-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 „chains“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- captains
captains
17,384 corpus weight
- causes
causes
17,383 corpus weight
- cel
cel
17,381 corpus weight
- chains
chains
17,380 corpus weight
- cheerleading
cheerleading
17,378 corpus weight
- chiesa
chiesa
17,377 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „chains“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chains |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #82,621 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „chains“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
chains is uncommon German at frequency #82,621 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs chain".
No generated misspelling entries exist for chains in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is chains, spelled C-H-A-I-N-S.
Definition
- 13. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs chain
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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