flows

Name: flows, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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/[…]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“flows” is uncommon German (frequency #66,216 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,216
frequency rank, German: 3,474
“F” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-flows · flows · German

flows · rank #66,216 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-RARE #66,216
LEN-MID 5 letters
VOW-1 1 vowel
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-0 0 variants
BOOK-MID 3,474
PHOTO-FINISH fingierten

Nearest frequency peer: fingierten (-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.

Finanzsprit…

33,788
fingierten

33,786
flows

33,785
formlos

33,784
Forschungsb…

33,783
Forschungss…

33,781

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

Key facts for flows
Property	Value
Headword	flows
Language	German
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[…]
Letters	5
Frequency rank	#66,216
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „flows“ im Deutschen

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

#66,216

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „fingierten“ (#66,215), „formlos“ (#66,217), „Forschungsbericht“ (#66,218). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „flows“ bei #66,216. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

flows is uncommon German at frequency #66,216 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Plural des Substantivs flow".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for flows, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is flows, spelled F-L-O-W-S.

Definition

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Plural des Substantivs flow

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 "flows"?

"flows" is spelled F-L-O-W-S. The IPA pronunciation is […].

What does "flows" mean?

As a noun, "flows" means: Plural des Substantivs flow

How do you pronounce "flows"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "flows" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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