hays
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The verdict
“hays” is uncommon German (frequency #61,593 among 59,066 “H” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,593
- frequency rank, German
- 59,066
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs hay
Corpus desk
Index DE-hays · hays · German
hays · rank #61,593 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,593
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 59,066
- PHOTO-FINISH Hausmädchen
Nearest frequency peer: Hausmädchen (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “hays”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Harnisch
Harnisch
38,411 corpus weight
- Hauptwerke
Hauptwerke
38,410 corpus weight
- Hausmädchen
Hausmädchen
38,409 corpus weight
- hays
hays
38,408 corpus weight
- healthy
healthy
38,407 corpus weight
- Heines
Heines
38,406 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “hays” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hays |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #61,593 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hays” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
hays is uncommon German at frequency #61,593 among 59,066 “H” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs hay".
hays doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is hays, spelled H-A-Y-S.
Definition
- 13. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs hay
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.