hurts
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The verdict
“hurts” is uncommon German (frequency #97,165 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,165
- 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 hurt
Corpus desk
Index DE-hurts · hurts · German
hurts · rank #97,165 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,165
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH Hungary
Nearest frequency peer: Hungary (-3 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 „hurts“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Huld
Huld
2,842 corpus weight
- hundertste
hundertste
2,840 corpus weight
- Hungary
Hungary
2,839 corpus weight
- hurts
hurts
2,836 corpus weight
- hörigen
hörigen
2,833 corpus weight
- ibi
ibi
2,830 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „hurts“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hurts |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #97,165 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „hurts“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
hurts is uncommon German at frequency #97,165 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 hurt".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for hurts, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is hurts, spelled H-U-R-T-S.
Definition
- 13. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs hurt
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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