quotes

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The verdict

“quotes” is uncommon German (frequency #82,017 among 216 “Q” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#82,017
frequency rank, German
216
“Q” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs quote

Corpus desk

Index DE-quotes · quotes · German

quotes · rank #82,017 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #82,017
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 216
  • PHOTO-FINISH Quinte

Nearest frequency peer: Quinte (-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 „quotes“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for quotes
PropertyValue
Headwordquotes
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[…]
Letters6
Frequency rank#82,017
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „quotes“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).quotesfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Quinte“ (#82,016), „querfeldein“ (#82,015), „radikalisierten“ (#82,019). Unter 216 „Q“-Lemmata liegt „quotes“ bei #82,017. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

quotes is uncommon German at frequency #82,017 among 216 “Q” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs quote".

quotes has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is quotes, spelled Q-U-O-T-E-S.

Definition

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    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs quote

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 "quotes"?
"quotes" is spelled Q-U-O-T-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "quotes" mean?
As a verb, "quotes" means: 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs quote
How do you pronounce "quotes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "quotes" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Quinte#82,016Qigong#82,012rijeka#82,043Sanden#82,078

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list