displays

/[dɪsˈpleɪz]/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#26,825

in German word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

displays is aGermanverb. It means: 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs display Pronounced [dɪsˈpleɪz]. Often confused with Display.

Key facts for displays
PropertyValue
Headworddisplays
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[dɪsˈpleɪz]
Letters8
Frequency rank#26,825
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of displays in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for displays is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [dɪsˈpleɪz]. Corpus data places it at rank #26,825 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs display".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for displays, with forms such as "ddisplays", "dipslays", and "dislpays". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Display", 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is displays, spelled D-I-S-P-L-A-Y-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs display

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddisplays,dipslays,dislpays,dispalys,displasy,displayss,displayys,displlays,displyas,dispplays,dissplays,dsiplays,idsplays

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for displays

Misspelling Variants of "displays"

ddisplays9dipslays8dislpays8dispalys8displasy8displayss9displayys9displlays9
Misspelling Variants of "displays"

Frequency rank: #26,825 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "displays"?
"displays" is spelled D-I-S-P-L-A-Y-S. The IPA pronunciation is [dɪsˈpleɪz].
What does "displays" mean?
As a verb, "displays" means: 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs display
What words are commonly confused with "displays"?
"displays" is commonly confused with "Display". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "displays"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "displays" is [dɪsˈpleɪz]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "displays" come from?
"displays" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.