collections

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The verdict

“collections” is uncommon German (frequency #66,096 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,096
frequency rank, German
1,273
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plural des Substantivs collection

Corpus desk

Index DE-collections · collections · German

collections · rank #66,096 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,096
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,273
  • PHOTO-FINISH Codewort

Nearest frequency peer: Codewort (-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 „collections“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for collections
PropertyValue
Headwordcollections
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters11
Frequency rank#66,096
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „collections“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).collectionsfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Codewort“ (#66,095), „civitas“ (#66,094), „cortes“ (#66,099). Unter 1,273 „C“-Lemmata liegt „collections“ bei #66,096. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

collections is uncommon German at frequency #66,096 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Plural des Substantivs collection".

Zero misspellings are on record for collections in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is collections, spelled C-O-L-L-E-C-T-I-O-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Plural des Substantivs collection

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 "collections"?
"collections" is spelled C-O-L-L-E-C-T-I-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "collections" mean?
As a noun, "collections" means: Plural des Substantivs collection
How do you pronounce "collections"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "collections" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list