choose
[tʃuːz]
The verdict
“choose” is uncommon German (frequency #69,097 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,097
- frequency rank, German
- 1,273
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aussuchen, auswählen, vorziehen, wählen
Corpus desk
Index DE-choose · choose · German
choose · rank #69,097 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,097
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,273
- PHOTO-FINISH christlichem
Nearest frequency peer: christlichem (+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 „choose“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- catcher
catcher
30,909 corpus weight
- charger
charger
30,907 corpus weight
- choose
choose
30,904 corpus weight
- christlichem
christlichem
30,903 corpus weight
- cinque
cinque
30,902 corpus weight
- coma
coma
30,899 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „choose“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | choose |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [tʃuːz] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #69,097 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „choose“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
choose is uncommon German at frequency #69,097 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [tʃuːz]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "aussuchen, auswählen, vorziehen, wählen".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for choose, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 choose, spelled C-H-O-O-S-E.
Definition
- 1aussuchen, auswählen, vorziehen, wählen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how choose appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Connolly was chosen for the case by prosecutors because the sheriff and Bristol District Attorney C. Samuel Sutter are “close professional and personal friends,” said Sutter spokesman Gregg Miliote."
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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