shrimps
[ʃɹɪmps]
The verdict
“shrimps” is uncommon German (frequency #69,694 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,694
- 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 shrimp
Corpus desk
Index DE-shrimps · shrimps · German
shrimps · rank #69,694 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,694
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Sicherheitsgu…
Nearest frequency peer: Sicherheitsgurt (+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 „shrimps“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- serielle
serielle
30,311 corpus weight
- Serienkiller
Serienkiller
30,309 corpus weight
- shrimps
shrimps
30,307 corpus weight
- Sicherheits…
Sicherheitsgurt
30,306 corpus weight
- Siebenjähri…
Siebenjähriger
30,305 corpus weight
- Siebold
Siebold
30,304 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „shrimps“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | shrimps |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ʃɹɪmps] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #69,694 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „shrimps“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
shrimps is uncommon German at frequency #69,694 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ʃɹɪmps]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs shrimp".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for shrimps, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is shrimps, spelled S-H-R-I-M-P-S.
Definition
- 13. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs shrimp
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.
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