directions
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The verdict
“directions” is uncommon German (frequency #71,230 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,230
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plural des Substantivs direction
Corpus desk
Index DE-directions · directions · German
directions · rank #71,230 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,230
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH digest
Nearest frequency peer: digest (-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 „directions“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- dichtete
dichtete
28,775 corpus weight
- dictionnaire
dictionnaire
28,774 corpus weight
- digest
digest
28,772 corpus weight
- directions
directions
28,771 corpus weight
- Direktverbi…
Direktverbindung
28,769 corpus weight
- dive
dive
28,768 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „directions“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | directions |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #71,230 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „directions“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
directions is uncommon German at frequency #71,230 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Plural des Substantivs direction".
directions doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is directions, spelled D-I-R-E-C-T-I-O-N-S.
Definition
- 1Plural des Substantivs direction
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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