plateaus

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The verdict

“plateaus” is uncommon German (frequency #64,606 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,606
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 plateau

Corpus desk

Index DE-plateaus · plateaus · German

plateaus · rank #64,606 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,606
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH plastischer

Nearest frequency peer: plastischer (-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 „plateaus“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for plateaus
PropertyValue
Headwordplateaus
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[…]
Letters8
Frequency rank#64,606
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „plateaus“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „plastischer“ (#64,605), „plattdeutsche“ (#64,607), „plätschern“ (#64,608). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „plateaus“ bei #64,606. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

plateaus is uncommon German at frequency #64,606 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 plateau".

plateaus doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

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 plateaus, spelled P-L-A-T-E-A-U-S.

Definition

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    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs plateau

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

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

plappern#64,603Phonetik#64,601Polymere#64,613pendelte#64,597

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list