downs

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The verdict

“downs” is uncommon German (frequency #67,132 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,132
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs down

Corpus desk

Index DE-downs · downs · German

downs · rank #67,132 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,132
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH Dorfbewohnern

Nearest frequency peer: Dorfbewohnern (-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 „downs“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „downs“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for downs
PropertyValue
Headworddowns
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[…]
Letters5
Frequency rank#67,132
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „downs“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).downsfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Dorfbewohnern“ (#67,131), „Donnerstagmorgen“ (#67,130), „Drittplatzierte“ (#67,134). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „downs“ bei #67,132. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

downs is uncommon German at frequency #67,132 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs down".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for downs, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is downs, spelled D-O-W-N-S.

Definition

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

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 "downs"?
"downs" is spelled D-O-W-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "downs" mean?
As a verb, "downs" means: 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs down
How do you pronounce "downs"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "downs" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

dünkt#67,138croce#67,105cheap#67,090Chars#67,089

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list