populus

[ˈpɔpulʊs]

/[ˈpɔpulʊs]/ noun

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The verdict

“populus” is uncommon German (frequency #76,063 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,063
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-populus · populus · German

populus · rank #76,063 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #76,063
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Pornokino

Nearest frequency peer: Pornokino (+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 „populus“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for populus
PropertyValue
Headwordpopulus
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈpɔpulʊs]
Letters7
Frequency rank#76,063
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „populus“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).populusfällt 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: „Pornokino“ (#76,064), „polarisieren“ (#76,061), „Plastizität“ (#76,060). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „populus“ bei #76,063. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

populus is uncommon German at frequency #76,063 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpɔpulʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

populus 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, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is populus, spelled P-O-P-U-L-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    das Volk
  2. 2
    die Menge, die Volksmenge; die Leute
  3. 3
    das niedere Volk, der Pöbel

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. mit Synkope: „is nunc Amphitruo praefectust legionibus, / nam cum Telobois bellum est Thebano poplo.“ (Plaut. Amph. 100–101)

Synonyms

plebs

This word in other languages

people(English)peuple(Français)

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 "populus"?
"populus" is spelled P-O-P-U-L-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpɔpulʊs].
What does "populus" mean?
As a noun, "populus" means: das Volk
How do you pronounce "populus"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "populus" is [ˈpɔpulʊs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "populus" come from?
"populus" 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 "populus", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

puschen#76,074Panzers#76,043outcome#76,039näherem#76,030

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list