Metalls
[meˈtals]
The verdict
“Metalls” is uncommon German (frequency #83,062 among 44,424 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,062
- frequency rank, German
- 44,424
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Metall
Corpus desk
Index DE-metalls · Metalls · German
Metalls · rank #83,062 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,062
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 44,424
- PHOTO-FINISH mikroskopisch…
Nearest frequency peer: mikroskopischen (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Metalls”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- measures
measures
16,945 corpus weight
- Medaillenge…
Medaillengewinner
16,944 corpus weight
- Metalls
Metalls
16,939 corpus weight
- mikroskopis…
mikroskopischen
16,937 corpus weight
- milestone
milestone
16,936 corpus weight
- Milet
Milet
16,935 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Metalls” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Metalls |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [meˈtals] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #83,062 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Metalls” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Metalls is uncommon German at frequency #83,062 among 44,424 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [meˈtals]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Metall".
Metalls doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Metalls, spelled M-E-T-A-L-L-S.
Definition
- 1Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Metall
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 7 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.