Slips

[slɪps]

/[slɪps]/ noun

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The verdict

“Slips” is uncommon German (frequency #51,691 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,691
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Slip

Corpus desk

Index DE-slips · Slips · German

Slips · rank #51,691 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,691
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Sinfonien

Nearest frequency peer: Sinfonien (-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 „Slips“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Slips
PropertyValue
HeadwordSlips
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[slɪps]
Letters5
Frequency rank#51,691
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Slips“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Sinfonien“ (#51,689), „Sonderbehandlung“ (#51,693), „sine“ (#51,688). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Slips“ bei #51,691. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Slips is uncommon German at frequency #51,691 among 8,027 “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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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Silos#51,686Selen#51,678sedan#51,670stund#51,725

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list