cheap

[tʃiːp]

/[tʃiːp]/ adj

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The verdict

“cheap” is uncommon German (frequency #67,090 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,090
frequency rank, German
1,273
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - wenig Geld kostend, billig, preiswert, günstig

Corpus desk

Index DE-cheap · cheap · German

cheap · rank #67,090 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,090
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,273
  • PHOTO-FINISH Chars

Nearest frequency peer: Chars (-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 „cheap“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „cheap“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cheap
PropertyValue
Headwordcheap
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[tʃiːp]
Letters5
Frequency rank#67,090
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „cheap“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.cheapfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Chars“ (#67,089), „Chicks“ (#67,092), „Cellulose“ (#67,087). Unter 1,273 „C“-Lemmata liegt „cheap“ bei #67,090. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cheap is uncommon German at frequency #67,090 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [tʃiːp]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cheap, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is cheap, spelled C-H-E-A-P.

Definition

  1. 1
    wenig Geld kostend, billig, preiswert, günstig
  2. 2
    minderwertig
  3. 3
    einfach zu erlangen
  4. 4
    geizig, knauserig

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how cheap appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. What is a cheap Internet provider?
  2. It's okay to buy an inexpensive tool, but never buy a cheap tool.

Antonyms

expensive

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cheap"?
"cheap" is spelled C-H-E-A-P. The IPA pronunciation is [tʃiːp].
What does "cheap" mean?
As an adjective, "cheap" means: wenig Geld kostend, billig, preiswert, günstig
How do you pronounce "cheap"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cheap" is [tʃiːp]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cheap" come from?
"cheap" is a German 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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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cheap", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Chars#67,089Calau#67,085croce#67,105downs#67,132

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list