nails

Name: nails, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[neɪlz]

/[neɪlz]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“nails” is uncommon German (frequency #59,028 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,028
frequency rank, German: 1,954
“N” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plural des Substantivs nail

Corpus desk

Index DE-nails · nails · German

nails · rank #59,028 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-RARE #59,028
LEN-MID 5 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-0 0 variants
BOOK-MID 1,954
PHOTO-FINISH Nadelöhr

Nearest frequency peer: Nadelöhr (-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.

Nachbardorf

40,976
nachlese

40,975
Nadelöhr

40,974
nails

40,973
Negativität

40,972
Negern

40,971

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „nails“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Key facts for nails
Property	Value
Headword	nails
Language	German
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[neɪlz]
Letters	5
Frequency rank	#59,028
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „nails“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.nailsfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#59,028

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Nadelöhr“ (#59,027), „Negativität“ (#59,029), „nachlese“ (#59,026). Unter 1,954 „N“-Lemmata liegt „nails“ bei #59,028. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

nails is uncommon German at frequency #59,028 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [neɪlz]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Plural des Substantivs nail".

nails has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is nails, spelled N-A-I-L-S.

Definition

1
Plural des Substantivs nail

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "nails"?

"nails" is spelled N-A-I-L-S. The IPA pronunciation is [neɪlz].

What does "nails" mean?

As a noun, "nails" means: Plural des Substantivs nail

How do you pronounce "nails"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nails" is [neɪlz]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "nails" come from?

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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "nails", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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