Poppers
[ˈpɔpɐs]
The verdict
“Poppers” is uncommon German (frequency #71,721 among 49,534 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,721
- frequency rank, German
- 49,534
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Slang-Sammelbezeichnung für eine Gruppe flüssiger und kurzzeitig wirksamer Drogen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Poppers |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpɔpɐs] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #71,721 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Poppers” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Poppers is uncommon German at frequency #71,721 among 49,534 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpɔpɐs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Slang-Sammelbezeichnung für eine Gruppe flüssiger und kurzzeitig wirksamer Drogen".
Poppers doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Poppers, spelled P-O-P-P-E-R-S.
Definition
- 1Slang-Sammelbezeichnung für eine Gruppe flüssiger und kurzzeitig wirksamer Drogen
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.
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Using “Poppers”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is P-O-P-P-E-R-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈpɔpɐs] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.