holes
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The verdict
“holes” is uncommon German (frequency #97,154 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,154
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plural des Substantivs hole
Corpus desk
Index DE-holes · holes · German
holes · rank #97,154 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,154
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH Hohne
Nearest frequency peer: Hohne (-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 „holes“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Hochamt
Hochamt
2,850 corpus weight
- Hochzeitsfo…
Hochzeitsfotos
2,849 corpus weight
- Hohne
Hohne
2,848 corpus weight
- holes
holes
2,847 corpus weight
- Holztisch
Holztisch
2,846 corpus weight
- Hortensien
Hortensien
2,844 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „holes“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | holes |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #97,154 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „holes“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
holes is uncommon German at frequency #97,154 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Plural des Substantivs hole".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for holes, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is holes, spelled H-O-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1Plural des Substantivs hole
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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