ets

[əd͡z]

/[əd͡z]/ verb

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The verdict

“ets” is uncommon German (frequency #60,544 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,544
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs ser / ésser

Corpus desk

Index DE-ets · ets · German

ets · rank #60,544 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,544
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH Essigsäure

Nearest frequency peer: Essigsäure (-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 „ets“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ets
PropertyValue
Headwordets
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[əd͡z]
Letters3
Frequency rank#60,544
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „ets“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Essigsäure“ (#60,543), „erübrigen“ (#60,542), „erzwang“ (#60,541). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „ets“ bei #60,544. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ets is uncommon German at frequency #60,544 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [əd͡z]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs ser / ésser".

ets has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is ets, spelled E-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs ser / ésser

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 "ets"?
"ets" is spelled E-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is [əd͡z].
What does "ets" mean?
As a verb, "ets" means: 2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs ser / ésser
How do you pronounce "ets"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ets" is [əd͡z]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ets" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

gat#60,592DDT#60,466gli#60,623Gon#60,625

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list