peers

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The verdict

“peers” is uncommon German (frequency #60,903 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,903
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs peer

Corpus desk

Index DE-peers · peers · German

peers · rank #60,903 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,903
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH PCB

Nearest frequency peer: PCB (-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 „peers“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for peers
PropertyValue
Headwordpeers
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[…]
Letters5
Frequency rank#60,903
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „peers“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).peersfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „PCB“ (#60,902), „permanentes“ (#60,904), „Passwörtern“ (#60,901). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „peers“ bei #60,903. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

peers is uncommon German at frequency #60,903 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs peer".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for peers, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is peers, spelled P-E-E-R-S.

Definition

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    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs peer

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 "peers"?
"peers" is spelled P-E-E-R-S. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "peers" mean?
As a verb, "peers" means: 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs peer
How do you pronounce "peers"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "peers" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

parte#60,898Radau#60,930nelle#60,863monti#60,848

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list