queens

/[kwiːnz]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#19,355

in German word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

queens is aGermannoun. It means: Plural des Substantivs queen Pronounced [kwiːnz]. Often confused with queer and queren.

Key facts for queens
PropertyValue
Headwordqueens
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kwiːnz]
Letters6
Frequency rank#19,355
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of queens in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for queens is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kwiːnz]. Corpus data places it at rank #19,355 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Plural des Substantivs queen".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for queens, with forms such as "qeuens", "qqueens", and "queenns". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "queer", "queren", "Quests", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is queens, spelled Q-U-E-E-N-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Plural des Substantivs queen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: qeuens,qqueens,queenns,queenss,queesn,quenes,quens,uqeens

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for queens

Misspelling Variants of "queens"

qeuens6qqueens7queenns7queenss7queesn6quenes6quens5uqeens6
Misspelling Variants of "queens"

Frequency rank: #19,355 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "queens"?
"queens" is spelled Q-U-E-E-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is [kwiːnz].
What does "queens" mean?
As a noun, "queens" means: Plural des Substantivs queen
What words are commonly confused with "queens"?
"queens" is commonly confused with "queer", "queren", "Quests". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "queens"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "queens" is [kwiːnz]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "queens" come from?
"queens" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter Q in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.