Phantoms
[fanˈtoːms]
The verdict
“Phantoms” is uncommon German (frequency #69,584 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,584
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Phantom
Corpus desk
Index DE-phantoms · Phantoms · German
Phantoms · rank #69,584 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,584
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH photograph
Nearest frequency peer: photograph (+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 „Phantoms“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- personenbez…
personenbezogener
30,421 corpus weight
- Pflegeberufe
Pflegeberufe
30,419 corpus weight
- Phantoms
Phantoms
30,417 corpus weight
- photograph
photograph
30,416 corpus weight
- Pilzes
Pilzes
30,415 corpus weight
- pirsch
pirsch
30,414 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Phantoms“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Phantoms |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fanˈtoːms] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #69,584 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Phantoms“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Phantoms is uncommon German at frequency #69,584 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [fanˈtoːms]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Phantom".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Phantoms, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Phantoms, spelled P-H-A-N-T-O-M-S.
Definition
- 1Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Phantom
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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