colors

[ˈkʌlɚz]

/[ˈkʌlɚz]/ noun

The verdict

“colors” is uncommon German (frequency #53,588 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,588
frequency rank, German
1,273
“C” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-colors · colors · German

colors · rank #53,588 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,588
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,273
  • PHOTO-FINISH Communitys

Nearest frequency peer: Communitys (+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 „colors“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for colors
PropertyValue
Headwordcolors
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkʌlɚz]
Letters6
Frequency rank#53,588
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „colors“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Communitys“ (#53,589), „Concierge“ (#53,590), „conditions“ (#53,591). Unter 1,273 „C“-Lemmata liegt „colors“ bei #53,588. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

colors is uncommon German at frequency #53,588 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkʌlɚz]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Plural des Substantivs color".

colors doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is colors, spelled C-O-L-O-R-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Plural des Substantivs color

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

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list