people

[piːpl]

/[piːpl]/ noun

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The verdict

“people” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #7,091. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,091
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das Volk

Corpus desk

Index DE-people · people · German

people · rank #7,091 · 8 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,091
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH organisierte

Nearest frequency peer: organisierte (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „people“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „people“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

people vs Pole
50% similar
people vs pepe
67% similar
people vs Pope
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for people
PropertyValue
Headwordpeople
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[piːpl]
Letters6
Frequency rank#7,091
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „people“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).peopleliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „organisierte“ (#7,090), „Phasen“ (#7,092), „nutzte“ (#7,089). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „people“ bei #7,091. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around people (IPA [piːpl]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,091 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for people, with forms such as "epople", "peolpe", and "peopel". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "Pole", "pepe", "Pope", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is people, spelled P-E-O-P-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    das Volk
  2. 2
    die Leute, die Menschen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how people appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. There are many peoples on the earth.
  2. I can see about five people on the street.

This word in other languages

peuple(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • epople
  • peolpe
  • peopel
  • peoplle
  • peopple
  • pepole
  • poeple
  • ppeople

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of people - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

epople2peolpe2peopel2peoplle1peopple1pepole2poeple2ppeople1
Edit distance from "people"

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 "people"?
"people" is spelled P-E-O-P-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [piːpl].
What does "people" mean?
As a noun, "people" means: das Volk
What words are commonly confused with "people"?
"people" is commonly confused with "Pole", "pepe", "Pope". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "people"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "people" is [piːpl]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "people" come from?
"people" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Phasen#7,092nutzte#7,089Neckar#7,087lehnte#7,084

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

Knopf8 variantsklauen8 variantsrückt8 variantsSeelen8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list