Playboys
[ˈpleːˌbɔɪ̯s]
The verdict
“Playboys” is uncommon German (frequency #98,921 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,921
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Playboy
Corpus desk
Index DE-playboys · Playboys · German
Playboys · rank #98,921 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,921
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH platziere
Nearest frequency peer: platziere (-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 “Playboys”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Pinie
Pinie
1,083 corpus weight
- plakativen
plakativen
1,082 corpus weight
- platziere
platziere
1,081 corpus weight
- Playboys
Playboys
1,080 corpus weight
- Pneumatik
Pneumatik
1,078 corpus weight
- popolo
popolo
1,077 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Playboys” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Playboys |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpleːˌbɔɪ̯s] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #98,921 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Playboys” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Playboys is uncommon German at frequency #98,921 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpleːˌbɔɪ̯s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Playboys, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Playboys, spelled P-L-A-Y-B-O-Y-S.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Playboy
- 2Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Playboy
- 3Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Playboy
- 4Dativ Plural des Substantivs Playboy
- 5Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Playboy
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 September 2, 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 8 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.