poems

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The verdict

“poems” is uncommon German (frequency #90,732 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,732
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plural des Substantivs poem

Corpus desk

Index DE-poems · poems · German

poems · rank #90,732 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,732
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Pneumologie

Nearest frequency peer: Pneumologie (-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 „poems“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for poems
PropertyValue
Headwordpoems
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters5
Frequency rank#90,732
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „poems“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Pneumologie“ (#90,731), „polizeiliches“ (#90,733), „Polonium“ (#90,734). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „poems“ bei #90,732. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

poems is uncommon German at frequency #90,732 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Plural des Substantivs poem".

poems doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is poems, spelled P-O-E-M-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Plural des Substantivs poem

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 "poems"?
"poems" is spelled P-O-E-M-S. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "poems" mean?
As a noun, "poems" means: Plural des Substantivs poem
How do you pronounce "poems"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "poems" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "poems" come from?
"poems" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list