returns
[rɪˈtɜːnz]
The verdict
“returns” is uncommon German (frequency #50,004 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,004
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs return
Corpus desk
Index DE-returns · returns · German
returns · rank #50,004 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,004
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH religiösem
Nearest frequency peer: religiösem (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “returns”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Rekordzeit
Rekordzeit
50,000 corpus weight
- Rektorin
Rektorin
49,999 corpus weight
- religiösem
religiösem
49,998 corpus weight
- returns
returns
49,997 corpus weight
- revolutionä…
revolutionärer
49,996 corpus weight
- Rezensenten
Rezensenten
49,995 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “returns” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | returns |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [rɪˈtɜːnz] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #50,004 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “returns” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
returns is uncommon German at frequency #50,004 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [rɪˈtɜːnz]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs return".
Zero misspellings are on record for returns in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is returns, spelled R-E-T-U-R-N-S.
Definition
- 13. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs return
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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