figures
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The verdict
“figures” is uncommon German (frequency #69,214 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,214
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plural des Substantivs figure
Corpus desk
Index DE-figures · figures · German
figures · rank #69,214 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,214
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH Feuerwehrauto
Nearest frequency peer: Feuerwehrauto (-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 „figures“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- feuere
feuere
30,790 corpus weight
- Feuerholz
Feuerholz
30,789 corpus weight
- Feuerwehrau…
Feuerwehrauto
30,788 corpus weight
- figures
figures
30,787 corpus weight
- Filmproduze…
Filmproduzent
30,786 corpus weight
- Filmstars
Filmstars
30,785 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „figures“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | figures |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #69,214 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „figures“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
figures is uncommon German at frequency #69,214 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Plural des Substantivs figure".
No misspelling variants are generated for figures in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is figures, spelled F-I-G-U-R-E-S.
Definition
- 1Plural des Substantivs figure
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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