contracts

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The verdict

“contracts” is uncommon German (frequency #76,648 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,648
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 contract

Corpus desk

Index DE-contracts · contracts · German

contracts · rank #76,648 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #76,648
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,273
  • PHOTO-FINISH Containers

Nearest frequency peer: Containers (-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 „contracts“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for contracts
PropertyValue
Headwordcontracts
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[…]
Letters9
Frequency rank#76,648
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „contracts“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).contractsfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Containers“ (#76,647), „Congo“ (#76,646), „Cracks“ (#76,650). Unter 1,273 „C“-Lemmata liegt „contracts“ bei #76,648. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

contracts is uncommon German at frequency #76,648 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 contract".

No generated misspelling entries exist for contracts in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is contracts, spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-C-T-S.

Definition

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    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs contract

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 "contracts"?
"contracts" is spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-C-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "contracts" mean?
As a verb, "contracts" means: 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs contract
How do you pronounce "contracts"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "contracts" 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 "contracts", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list