Dietrichs
[ˈdiːtʁɪçs]
The verdict
“Dietrichs” is uncommon German (frequency #74,475 among 45,632 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,475
- frequency rank, German
- 45,632
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Dietrich
Corpus desk
Index DE-dietrichs · Dietrichs · German
Dietrichs · rank #74,475 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,475
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 45,632
- PHOTO-FINISH diplomatisches
Nearest frequency peer: diplomatisches (+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 “Dietrichs”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- dichtet
dichtet
25,530 corpus weight
- Dienstantri…
Dienstantritt
25,528 corpus weight
- Dietrichs
Dietrichs
25,526 corpus weight
- diplomatisc…
diplomatisches
25,525 corpus weight
- Discountern
Discountern
25,524 corpus weight
- Diskursen
Diskursen
25,523 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Dietrichs” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dietrichs |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdiːtʁɪçs] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #74,475 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Dietrichs” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Dietrichs is uncommon German at frequency #74,475 among 45,632 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdiːtʁɪçs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Dietrich".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Dietrichs, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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 explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Dietrichs, spelled D-I-E-T-R-I-C-H-S.
Definition
- 1Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Dietrich
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 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.