lists
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The verdict
“lists” is uncommon German (frequency #94,562 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,562
- frequency rank, German
- 2,640
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs list
Corpus desk
Index DE-lists · lists · German
lists · rank #94,562 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,562
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,640
- PHOTO-FINISH limone
Nearest frequency peer: limone (-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 „lists“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Lieblingsge…
Lieblingsgericht
5,443 corpus weight
- lilia
lilia
5,442 corpus weight
- Limetten
Limetten
5,441 corpus weight
- limone
limone
5,440 corpus weight
- lists
lists
5,439 corpus weight
- lockerem
lockerem
5,436 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „lists“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lists |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #94,562 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „lists“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
lists is uncommon German at frequency #94,562 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs list".
No misspelling variants are generated for lists in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is lists, spelled L-I-S-T-S.
Definition
- 13. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs list
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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