Metals

/[ˈmɛtl̩s]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#63,561

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Metals is aGermannoun. It means: Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Metal Pronounced [ˈmɛtl̩s].

Key facts for Metals
PropertyValue
HeadwordMetals
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈmɛtl̩s]
Letters6
Frequency rank#63,561
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Metals in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Metals is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈmɛtl̩s]. Corpus data places it at rank #63,561 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Metal".

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for Metals in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Metals, spelled M-E-T-A-L-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Metal

Frequency rank: #63,561 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Metals"?
"Metals" is spelled M-E-T-A-L-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmɛtl̩s].
What does "Metals" mean?
As a noun, "Metals" means: Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Metal
How do you pronounce "Metals"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Metals" is [ˈmɛtl̩s]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Metals" come from?
"Metals" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.