Colts
[kɔlt͡s]
The verdict
“Colts” is uncommon German (frequency #70,136 among 20,081 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,136
- frequency rank, German
- 20,081
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Colt
Corpus desk
Index DE-colts · Colts · German
Colts · rank #70,136 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,136
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 20,081
- PHOTO-FINISH collect
Nearest frequency peer: collect (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Colts”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- chronologis…
chronologischen
29,871 corpus weight
- collar
collar
29,867 corpus weight
- collect
collect
29,866 corpus weight
- Colts
Colts
29,865 corpus weight
- Comtesse
Comtesse
29,863 corpus weight
- conventions
conventions
29,860 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Colts” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Colts |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kɔlt͡s] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #70,136 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Colts” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Colts is uncommon German at frequency #70,136 among 20,081 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kɔlt͡s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Colts, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 Colts, spelled C-O-L-T-S.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Colt
- 2Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Colt
- 3Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Colt
- 4Dativ Plural des Substantivs Colt
- 5Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Colt
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.