PPS
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
- Polizistinn…
Polizistinnen
47,672 corpus weight
- polnisches
polnisches
47,671 corpus weight
- porte
porte
47,670 corpus weight
- PPS
PPS
47,669 corpus weight
- Preetz
Preetz
47,668 corpus weight
- Pressestimm…
Pressestimmen
47,666 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „PPS“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| 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) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „PPS“ im Deutschen
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
- 1Abkürzung für Polyphenylensulfid
- 2Abkürzung für Produktionsplanung und -steuerung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how PPS appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Die Produktionsplanung und -steuerung (PPS) gehört zu den wesentlichen und inhaltlich anspruchsvollen Aufgaben eines Industrieunternehmens."
"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.
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