engineers

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The verdict

“engineers” is uncommon German (frequency #57,807 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,807
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-engineers · engineers · German

engineers · rank #57,807 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,807
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH Entgiftung

Nearest frequency peer: Entgiftung (+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 „engineers“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for engineers
PropertyValue
Headwordengineers
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters9
Frequency rank#57,807
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „engineers“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).engineersfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Entgiftung“ (#57,808), „Endspiele“ (#57,805), „entlassene“ (#57,809). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „engineers“ bei #57,807. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

engineers is uncommon German at frequency #57,807 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Plural des Substantivs engineer".

Zero misspellings are on record for engineers in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is engineers, spelled E-N-G-I-N-E-E-R-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Plural des Substantivs engineer

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 "engineers"?
"engineers" is spelled E-N-G-I-N-E-E-R-S. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "engineers" mean?
As a noun, "engineers" means: Plural des Substantivs engineer
How do you pronounce "engineers"?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list