riots

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/[…]/ verb

The verdict

“riots” is uncommon German (frequency #89,500 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,500
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 riot

Corpus desk

Index DE-riots · riots · German

riots · rank #89,500 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #89,500
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,984
  • PHOTO-FINISH Riel

Nearest frequency peer: Riel (-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 „riots“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for riots
PropertyValue
Headwordriots
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[…]
Letters5
Frequency rank#89,500
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „riots“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.riotsfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Riel“ (#89,499), „rite“ (#89,501), „Richterspruch“ (#89,498). Unter 2,984 „R“-Lemmata liegt „riots“ bei #89,500. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

riots is uncommon German at frequency #89,500 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs riot".

riots doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is riots, spelled R-I-O-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs riot

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 "riots"?
"riots" is spelled R-I-O-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "riots" mean?
As a verb, "riots" means: 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs riot
How do you pronounce "riots"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "riots" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "riots" come from?
"riots" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list