Klans
[klaːns]
The verdict
“Klans” is uncommon German (frequency #71,519 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,519
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Klan
Corpus desk
Index DE-klans · Klans · German
Klans · rank #71,519 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,519
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH klangliche
Nearest frequency peer: klangliche (-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 „Klans“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Kindesmissh…
Kindesmisshandlung
28,485 corpus weight
- klangliche
klangliche
28,483 corpus weight
- Klans
Klans
28,482 corpus weight
- Klinken
Klinken
28,481 corpus weight
- knacks
knacks
28,479 corpus weight
- knackte
knackte
28,478 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Klans“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Klans |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [klaːns] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #71,519 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Klans“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Klans is uncommon German at frequency #71,519 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [klaːns]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Klan".
Klans doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Klans, spelled K-L-A-N-S.
Definition
- 1Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Klan
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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