Flats

[flɛt͡s]

/[flɛt͡s]/ noun

The verdict

“Flats” is uncommon German (frequency #69,222 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,222
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Flat

Corpus desk

Index DE-flats · Flats · German

Flats · rank #69,222 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #69,222
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH Flugkörper

Nearest frequency peer: Flugkörper (+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 „Flats“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Flats
PropertyValue
HeadwordFlats
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[flɛt͡s]
Letters5
Frequency rank#69,222
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Flats“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Flatsfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Flugkörper“ (#69,223), „flags“ (#69,220), „Flugplätze“ (#69,224). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „Flats“ bei #69,222. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Flats is uncommon German at frequency #69,222 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [flɛt͡s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Flats has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Flats, spelled F-L-A-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Flat
  2. 2
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Flat
  3. 3
    Dativ Plural des Substantivs Flat
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Flat

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 "Flats"?
"Flats" is spelled F-L-A-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is [flɛt͡s].
What does "Flats" mean?
As a noun, "Flats" means: Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Flat
How do you pronounce "Flats"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Flats" is [flɛt͡s]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Flats" come from?
"Flats" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list