countries

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The verdict

“countries” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #41,101. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,101
frequency rank, German
1,273
“C” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-countries · countries · German

countries · rank #41,101 · 13 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,101
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,273
  • PHOTO-FINISH crème

Nearest frequency peer: crème (+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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „countries“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „countries“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

countries vs of
11% similar
countries vs ii
11% similar
countries vs TO
0% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for countries
PropertyValue
Headwordcountries
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters9
Frequency rank#41,101
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „countries“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).countriesliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „crème“ (#41,102), „Datenübertragung“ (#41,103), „davongekommen“ (#41,104). Unter 1,273 „C“-Lemmata liegt „countries“ bei #41,101. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around countries (IPA […]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #41,101 among 1,273 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Plural des Substantivs country".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for countries, with forms such as "ccountries", "conutries", and "counntries". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "of", "ii", "TO", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 countries, spelled C-O-U-N-T-R-I-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Plural des Substantivs country

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccountries
  • conutries
  • counntries
  • counrties
  • countires
  • countreis
  • countriess
  • countrise
  • countrries
  • counttries
  • coutnries
  • cuontries
  • ocuntries

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of countries - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ccountries1conutries2counntries1counrties2countires2countreis2countriess1countrise2
Edit distance from "countries"

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 "countries"?
"countries" is spelled C-O-U-N-T-R-I-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "countries" mean?
As a noun, "countries" means: Plural des Substantivs country
What words are commonly confused with "countries"?
"countries" is commonly confused with "of", "ii", "TO". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "countries"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "countries" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "countries" come from?
"countries" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

diskreten#41,111Dänemarks#41,121Billigung#41,080editieren#41,125

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

eiskalten13 variantsbekleiden13 variantsExponaten13 variantsAussteiger13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list