PPS

abbrev

The verdict

“PPS” is uncommon German (frequency #52,332 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,332
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abkürzung für Polyphenylensulfid

Corpus desk

Index DE-pps · PPS · German

PPS · rank #52,332 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,332
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-0 0 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH porte

Nearest frequency peer: porte (-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 „PPS“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for PPS
PropertyValue
HeadwordPPS
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAbbreviation
Letters3
Frequency rank#52,332
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „PPS“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).PPSfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „porte“ (#52,331), „Preetz“ (#52,333), „polnisches“ (#52,330). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „PPS“ bei #52,332. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

PPS is uncommon German at frequency #52,332 among 3,409 “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

  1. 1
    Abkürzung für Polyphenylensulfid
  2. 2
    Abkürzung für Produktionsplanung und -steuerung

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. "Die Produktionsplanung und -steuerung (PPS) gehört zu den wesentlichen und inhaltlich anspruchsvollen Aufgaben eines Industrieunternehmens."
  2. "Die PPS unterstützt die gesamte Auftragsabwicklung von der Angebotserarbeitung bis hin zum Versand und berührt die betrieblichen Abteilungen Konstruktion, Vertrieb, Einkauf, Teilerfertigung, Montage … Ersatzteilwesen und Versand. Damit hat die PPS zum einen die Aufgabe, … den Prozeß der Produkterstellung mengen-, termin- und kapazitätsmäßig zu planen und…

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 "PPS"?
"PPS" is spelled P-P-S.
What does "PPS" mean?
As an abbreviation, "PPS" means: Abkürzung für Polyphenylensulfid
What language does "PPS" come from?
"PPS" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list