Khans
[kaːns]
The verdict
“Khans” is uncommon German (frequency #80,559 among 55,078 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,559
- frequency rank, German
- 55,078
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Khan
Corpus desk
Index DE-khans · Khans · German
Khans · rank #80,559 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,559
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 55,078
- PHOTO-FINISH Kerzenständer
Nearest frequency peer: Kerzenständer (-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 “Khans”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- kaufmännisch
kaufmännisch
19,446 corpus weight
- Kebap
Kebap
19,444 corpus weight
- Kerzenständ…
Kerzenständer
19,443 corpus weight
- Khans
Khans
19,442 corpus weight
- kichernd
kichernd
19,441 corpus weight
- Kierspe
Kierspe
19,440 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Khans” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Khans |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kaːns] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #80,559 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Khans” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Khans is uncommon German at frequency #80,559 among 55,078 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kaːns]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Khan".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Khans, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Khans, spelled K-H-A-N-S.
Definition
- 1Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Khan
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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 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.