CPUs
[t͡seːpeːˈʔuːs]
The verdict
“CPUs” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #45,837. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #45,837
- frequency rank, German
- 1,273
- “C” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs CPU
Corpus desk
Index DE-cpus · CPUs · German
CPUs · rank #45,837 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #45,837
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,273
- PHOTO-FINISH concerto
Nearest frequency peer: concerto (-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 „CPUs“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- CID
CID
54,169 corpus weight
- commune
commune
54,166 corpus weight
- concerto
concerto
54,165 corpus weight
- CPUs
CPUs
54,164 corpus weight
- Dannenberg
Dannenberg
54,161 corpus weight
- Daseinsbere…
Daseinsberechtigung
54,159 corpus weight
What this shows „CPUs“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | CPUs |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t͡seːpeːˈʔuːs] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #45,837 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „CPUs“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around CPUs (IPA [t͡seːpeːˈʔuːs]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #45,837 among 1,273 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for CPUs, with forms such as "ccpus", "cppus", and "cpsu". 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, "Cs", "cu", "CSU", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is CPUs, spelled C-P-U-S.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Plural des Substantivs CPU
- 2Genitiv Plural des Substantivs CPU
- 3Dativ Plural des Substantivs CPU
- 4Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs CPU
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccpus
- cppus
- cpsu
- cpuss
- pcus
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of CPUs - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "CPUs", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).