peoples

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The verdict

“peoples” is uncommon German (frequency #83,149 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,149
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-peoples · peoples · German

peoples · rank #83,149 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #83,149
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH perception

Nearest frequency peer: perception (+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 „peoples“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for peoples
PropertyValue
Headwordpeoples
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters7
Frequency rank#83,149
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „peoples“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).peoplesfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „perception“ (#83,150), „paw“ (#83,146), „perhaps“ (#83,152). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „peoples“ bei #83,149. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

peoples is uncommon German at frequency #83,149 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Plural des Substantivs people".

Zero misspellings are on record for peoples in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is peoples, spelled P-E-O-P-L-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Plural des Substantivs 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 "peoples"?
"peoples" is spelled P-E-O-P-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "peoples" mean?
As a noun, "peoples" means: Plural des Substantivs people
How do you pronounce "peoples"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "peoples" 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 "peoples", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

perhaps#83,152Pilsner#83,158painted#83,136praller#83,168

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list