nicks
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The verdict
“nicks” is uncommon German (frequency #66,538 among 26,919 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,538
- frequency rank, German
- 26,919
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Plural des Substantivs nick
Corpus desk
Index DE-nicks · nicks · German
nicks · rank #66,538 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,538
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 26,919
- PHOTO-FINISH Neusprech
Nearest frequency peer: Neusprech (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “nicks”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Neujahrsemp…
Neujahrsempfang
33,466 corpus weight
- Neusprech
Neusprech
33,464 corpus weight
- nicks
nicks
33,463 corpus weight
- niedlicher
niedlicher
33,462 corpus weight
- niest
niest
33,461 corpus weight
- nightingale
nightingale
33,460 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “nicks” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nicks |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #66,538 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nicks” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
nicks is uncommon German at frequency #66,538 among 26,919 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Plural des Substantivs nick".
Zero misspellings are on record for nicks in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is nicks, spelled N-I-C-K-S.
Definition
- 1Plural des Substantivs nick
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 5 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.