ets
[əd͡z]
The verdict
“ets” is uncommon German (frequency #60,544 among 57,060 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,544
- frequency rank, German
- 57,060
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs ser / ésser
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ets |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [əd͡z] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #60,544 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ets” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
ets is uncommon German at frequency #60,544 among 57,060 “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
- 12. 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.
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Using “ets”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is E-T-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.