Slips

[slɪps]

/[slɪps]/ noun

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The verdict

“Slips” is uncommon German (frequency #51,691 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,691
frequency rank, German
107,600
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Slip

Key facts for Slips
PropertyValue
HeadwordSlips
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[slɪps]
Letters5
Frequency rank#51,691
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Slips” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Slips lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Slips is uncommon German at frequency #51,691 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [slɪps]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

Slips doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 Slips, spelled S-L-I-P-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Slip
  2. 2
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Slip
  3. 3
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Slip
  4. 4
    Dativ Plural des Substantivs Slip
  5. 5
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Slip

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 "Slips"?
"Slips" is spelled S-L-I-P-S. The IPA pronunciation is [slɪps].
What does "Slips" mean?
As a noun, "Slips" means: Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Slip
How do you pronounce "Slips"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Slips" is [slɪps]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Slips" come from?
"Slips" 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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Using “Slips”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is S-L-I-P-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [slɪps] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Other uncommon German words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list