Plebs

[pleːps]

/[pleːps]/ noun

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The verdict

“Plebs” is uncommon German (frequency #61,823 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,823
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das gemeine Volk im antiken Rom

Corpus desk

Index DE-plebs · Plebs · German

Plebs · rank #61,823 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,823
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH pochte

Nearest frequency peer: pochte (+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 „Plebs“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Plebs
PropertyValue
HeadwordPlebs
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[pleːps]
Letters5
Frequency rank#61,823
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Plebs“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Plebsfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „pochte“ (#61,824), „Platzbedarf“ (#61,821), „polemische“ (#61,825). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „Plebs“ bei #61,823. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Plebs is uncommon German at frequency #61,823 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [pleːps]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "das gemeine Volk im antiken Rom".

Plebs doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Plebs, spelled P-L-E-B-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    das gemeine Volk im antiken Rom

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Plebs appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Die Volkstribunen (tribuni plebis) leiteten die Versammlungen der Plebs und schützten die Plebejer vor Übergriffen seitens der Patrizier.“

Antonyms

Patriziat

This word in other languages

plebs(English)

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 "Plebs"?
"Plebs" is spelled P-L-E-B-S. The IPA pronunciation is [pleːps].
What does "Plebs" mean?
As a noun, "Plebs" means: das gemeine Volk im antiken Rom
How do you pronounce "Plebs"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Plebs" is [pleːps]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Plebs" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

popel#61,828prize#61,839punto#61,850navis#61,771

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list