Potts
[pɔt͡s]
The verdict
“Potts” is uncommon German (frequency #71,726 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,726
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Pott
Corpus desk
Index DE-potts · Potts · German
Potts · rank #71,726 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,726
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Postulat
Nearest frequency peer: Postulat (-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 „Potts“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- portugiesis…
portugiesischer
28,278 corpus weight
- Postkutsche
Postkutsche
28,277 corpus weight
- Postulat
Postulat
28,276 corpus weight
- Potts
Potts
28,275 corpus weight
- Pressetext
Pressetext
28,273 corpus weight
- printing
printing
28,272 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Potts“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Potts |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pɔt͡s] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #71,726 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Potts“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Potts is uncommon German at frequency #71,726 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [pɔt͡s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Pott".
Potts has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 Potts, spelled P-O-T-T-S.
Definition
- 1Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Pott
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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