echoes

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The verdict

“echoes” is uncommon German (frequency #91,504 among 57,060 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,504
frequency rank, German
57,060
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs echo

Key facts for echoes
PropertyValue
Headwordechoes
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[…]
Letters6
Frequency rank#91,504
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “echoes” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). echoes lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

echoes is uncommon German at frequency #91,504 among 57,060 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs echo".

echoes doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is echoes, spelled E-C-H-O-E-S.

Definition

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    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs echo

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 "echoes"?
"echoes" is spelled E-C-H-O-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "echoes" mean?
As a verb, "echoes" means: 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs echo
How do you pronounce "echoes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "echoes" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "echoes" come from?
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Using “echoes”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is E-C-H-O-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as […] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Other uncommon German words near this 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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list