Flashbacks

[ˈflɛʃbɛks]

/[ˈflɛʃbɛks]/ noun

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The verdict

“Flashbacks” is uncommon German (frequency #60,564 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,564
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Flashback

Corpus desk

Index DE-flashbacks · Flashbacks · German

Flashbacks · rank #60,564 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,564
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH Firlefanz

Nearest frequency peer: Firlefanz (-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 „Flashbacks“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Flashbacks
PropertyValue
HeadwordFlashbacks
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈflɛʃbɛks]
Letters10
Frequency rank#60,564
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Flashbacks“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Firlefanz“ (#60,563), „Flurbereinigung“ (#60,565), „Filterblase“ (#60,562). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „Flashbacks“ bei #60,564. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Flashbacks is uncommon German at frequency #60,564 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈflɛʃbɛks]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Flashbacks, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Flashbacks, spelled F-L-A-S-H-B-A-C-K-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Flashback
  2. 2
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Flashback
  3. 3
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Flashback
  4. 4
    Dativ Plural des Substantivs Flashback
  5. 5
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Flashback

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 "Flashbacks"?
"Flashbacks" is spelled F-L-A-S-H-B-A-C-K-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈflɛʃbɛks].
What does "Flashbacks" mean?
As a noun, "Flashbacks" means: Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Flashback
How do you pronounce "Flashbacks"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Flashbacks" is [ˈflɛʃbɛks]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Flashbacks" come from?
"Flashbacks" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Frauenchor#60,573Essigsäure#60,543Funkgeräte#60,586Erzbistums#60,540

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list