hopes
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The verdict
“hopes” is uncommon German (frequency #95,737 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,737
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs hope
Corpus desk
Index DE-hopes · hopes · German
hopes · rank #95,737 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,737
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH homöopathisch…
Nearest frequency peer: homöopathischer (-2 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 „hopes“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Hollywoodst…
Hollywoodstar
4,269 corpus weight
- Holzhütte
Holzhütte
4,267 corpus weight
- homöopathis…
homöopathischer
4,266 corpus weight
- hopes
hopes
4,264 corpus weight
- Hosenanzug
Hosenanzug
4,261 corpus weight
- Hubers
Hubers
4,259 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „hopes“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hopes |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #95,737 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „hopes“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
hopes is uncommon German at frequency #95,737 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs hope".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for hopes, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is hopes, spelled H-O-P-E-S.
Definition
- 13. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs hope
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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