shares

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The verdict

“shares” is uncommon German (frequency #90,899 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,899
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 share

Corpus desk

Index DE-shares · shares · German

shares · rank #90,899 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,899
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Showgeschäft

Nearest frequency peer: Showgeschäft (+2 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 „shares“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for shares
PropertyValue
Headwordshares
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[…]
Letters6
Frequency rank#90,899
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „shares“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Showgeschäft“ (#90,901), „Sexualpartner“ (#90,893), „skypen“ (#90,905). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „shares“ bei #90,899. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

shares is uncommon German at frequency #90,899 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 share".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for shares, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

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 shares, spelled S-H-A-R-E-S.

Definition

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    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs share

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

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

Same letter count

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

skypen#90,905Sensen#90,887Senkel#90,886runway#90,830

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list