ducks

Name: ducks, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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/[…]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“ducks” is uncommon German (frequency #64,201 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,201
frequency rank, German: 2,764
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plural des Substantivs duck

Corpus desk

Index DE-ducks · ducks · German

ducks · rank #64,201 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-RARE #64,201
LEN-MID 5 letters
VOW-1 1 vowel
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-0 0 variants
BOOK-MID 2,764
PHOTO-FINISH drängenden

Nearest frequency peer: drängenden (-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.

Driburg

35,803
Drillinge

35,802
drängenden

35,801
ducks

35,800
dumpfes

35,799
durchgerech…

35,798

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

Key facts for ducks
Property	Value
Headword	ducks
Language	German
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[…]
Letters	5
Frequency rank	#64,201
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „ducks“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.ducksfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#64,201

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „drängenden“ (#64,200), „dumpfes“ (#64,202), „Drillinge“ (#64,199). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „ducks“ bei #64,201. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ducks is uncommon German at frequency #64,201 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Plural des Substantivs duck".

No generated misspelling entries exist for ducks in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is ducks, spelled D-U-C-K-S.

Definition

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Plural des Substantivs duck

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 "ducks"?

"ducks" is spelled D-U-C-K-S. The IPA pronunciation is […].

What does "ducks" mean?

As a noun, "ducks" means: Plural des Substantivs duck

How do you pronounce "ducks"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ducks" 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 "ducks", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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