PPS
The verdict
“PPS” is uncommon German (frequency #52,332 among 49,534 “P” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,332
- frequency rank, German
- 49,534
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Abkürzung für Polyphenylensulfid
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | PPS |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #52,332 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “PPS” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
PPS is uncommon German at frequency #52,332 among 49,534 “P” headwords, classed as anabbreviation. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for PPS in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is PPS, spelled P-P-S.
Definition
- 1Abkürzung für Polyphenylensulfid
- 2Abkürzung für Produktionsplanung und -steuerung
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 “PPS”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is P-P-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.