runners

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The verdict

“runners” is uncommon German (frequency #78,485 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,485
frequency rank, German
2,984
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plural des Substantivs runner

Corpus desk

Index DE-runners · runners · German

runners · rank #78,485 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,485
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,984
  • PHOTO-FINISH Rundfunksender

Nearest frequency peer: Rundfunksender (-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 „runners“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for runners
PropertyValue
Headwordrunners
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters7
Frequency rank#78,485
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „runners“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Rundfunksender“ (#78,484), „rural“ (#78,486), „Rundfahrten“ (#78,483). Unter 2,984 „R“-Lemmata liegt „runners“ bei #78,485. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

runners is uncommon German at frequency #78,485 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Plural des Substantivs runner".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for runners, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is runners, spelled R-U-N-N-E-R-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Plural des Substantivs runner

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 "runners"?
"runners" is spelled R-U-N-N-E-R-S. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "runners" mean?
As a noun, "runners" means: Plural des Substantivs runner
How do you pronounce "runners"?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sabbern#78,490Romanus#78,476Salamis#78,495Reinach#78,458

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list