scores

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The verdict

“scores” is uncommon German (frequency #58,282 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,282
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-scores · scores · German

scores · rank #58,282 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,282
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Schülerzahl

Nearest frequency peer: Schülerzahl (-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 „scores“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for scores
PropertyValue
Headwordscores
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[…]
Letters6
Frequency rank#58,282
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „scores“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Schülerzahl“ (#58,281), „scroll“ (#58,283), „Schönheitsideal“ (#58,280). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „scores“ bei #58,282. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

scores is uncommon German at frequency #58,282 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs score".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for scores, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is scores, spelled S-C-O-R-E-S.

Definition

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

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 "scores"?
"scores" is spelled S-C-O-R-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "scores" mean?
As a verb, "scores" means: 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs score
How do you pronounce "scores"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "scores" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "scores" come from?
"scores" 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 "scores", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

scroll#58,283Speere#58,309Saales#58,241stocks#58,330

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list