fits
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The verdict
“fits” is uncommon German (frequency #85,235 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,235
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs fit
Corpus desk
Index DE-fits · fits · German
fits · rank #85,235 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,235
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH fingiert
Nearest frequency peer: fingiert (-2 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 „fits“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Filmvorführ…
Filmvorführung
14,771 corpus weight
- Findung
Findung
14,769 corpus weight
- fingiert
fingiert
14,768 corpus weight
- fits
fits
14,766 corpus weight
- Fleischwaren
Fleischwaren
14,764 corpus weight
- Fliegengitt…
Fliegengitter
14,763 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „fits“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fits |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #85,235 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „fits“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
fits is uncommon German at frequency #85,235 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs fit".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for fits, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 fits, spelled F-I-T-S.
Definition
- 13. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs fit
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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