pipes
[paɪps]
The verdict
“pipes” is uncommon German (frequency #78,403 among 49,534 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,403
- frequency rank, German
- 49,534
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Plural des Substantivs pipe
Corpus desk
Index DE-pipes · pipes · German
pipes · rank #78,403 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,403
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 49,534
- PHOTO-FINISH Planegg
Nearest frequency peer: Planegg (+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 “pipes”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Photon
Photon
21,602 corpus weight
- Pickelhaube
Pickelhaube
21,601 corpus weight
- pipes
pipes
21,598 corpus weight
- Planegg
Planegg
21,597 corpus weight
- planschen
planschen
21,596 corpus weight
- plappert
plappert
21,595 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “pipes” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pipes |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [paɪps] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #78,403 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pipes” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
pipes is uncommon German at frequency #78,403 among 49,534 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [paɪps]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Plural des Substantivs pipe".
No misspelling variants are generated for pipes in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is pipes, spelled P-I-P-E-S.
Definition
- 1Plural des Substantivs pipe
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
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.