sheets

[ʃiːts]

/[ʃiːts]/ noun

The verdict

“sheets” is uncommon German (frequency #72,928 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,928
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-sheets · sheets · German

sheets · rank #72,928 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,928
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH sham

Nearest frequency peer: sham (-3 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 „sheets“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sheets
PropertyValue
Headwordsheets
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʃiːts]
Letters6
Frequency rank#72,928
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „sheets“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „sham“ (#72,925), „SGD“ (#72,924), „Siebzigern“ (#72,932). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „sheets“ bei #72,928. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sheets is uncommon German at frequency #72,928 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʃiːts]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Plural des Substantivs sheet".

No misspelling variants are generated for sheets in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is sheets, spelled S-H-E-E-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Plural des Substantivs sheet

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 "sheets"?
"sheets" is spelled S-H-E-E-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃiːts].
What does "sheets" mean?
As a noun, "sheets" means: Plural des Substantivs sheet
How do you pronounce "sheets"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sheets" is [ʃiːts]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list