cheats
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The verdict
“cheats” is uncommon German (frequency #74,442 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,442
- 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 cheat
Corpus desk
Index DE-cheats · cheats · German
cheats · rank #74,442 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,442
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,273
- PHOTO-FINISH charmantes
Nearest frequency peer: charmantes (-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 „cheats“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- cement
cement
25,563 corpus weight
- chambre
chambre
25,561 corpus weight
- charmantes
charmantes
25,560 corpus weight
- cheats
cheats
25,559 corpus weight
- Chianti
Chianti
25,558 corpus weight
- chiasso
chiasso
25,557 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „cheats“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cheats |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #74,442 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „cheats“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
cheats is uncommon German at frequency #74,442 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 cheat".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for cheats, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is cheats, spelled C-H-E-A-T-S.
Definition
- 13. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs cheat
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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