PTBS

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The verdict

“PTBS” is uncommon German (frequency #65,594 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,594
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - posttraumatische Belastungsstörung ^(→ WP)

Corpus desk

Index DE-ptbs · PTBS · German

PTBS · rank #65,594 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,594
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-0 0 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH psychosomatis…

Nearest frequency peer: psychosomatischen (-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 „PTBS“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for PTBS
PropertyValue
HeadwordPTBS
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAbbreviation
IPA[…]
Letters4
Frequency rank#65,594
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „PTBS“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).PTBSfällt 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: „psychosomatischen“ (#65,593), „publizistischen“ (#65,595), „prähistorische“ (#65,592). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „PTBS“ bei #65,594. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

PTBS is uncommon German at frequency #65,594 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anabbreviation, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "posttraumatische Belastungsstörung ^(→ WP)".

PTBS doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is PTBS, spelled P-T-B-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    posttraumatische Belastungsstörung ^(→ WP)

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Die Symptome der PTBS gibt es wahrscheinlich schon so lange wie es Menschen gibt.“

This word in other languages

PTSD(English)

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 "PTBS"?
"PTBS" is spelled P-T-B-S. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "PTBS" mean?
As an abbreviation, "PTBS" means: posttraumatische Belastungsstörung ^(→ WP)
How do you pronounce "PTBS"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "PTBS" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "PTBS" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

quai#65,600proa#65,587plat#65,571sont#65,693

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list