smiles
[smaɪlz]
The verdict
“smiles” is uncommon German (frequency #89,582 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,582
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Plural des Substantivs smile
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | smiles |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [smaɪlz] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #89,582 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “smiles” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
smiles is uncommon German at frequency #89,582 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [smaɪlz]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Plural des Substantivs smile".
smiles doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is smiles, spelled S-M-I-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1Plural des Substantivs smile
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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Using “smiles”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-M-I-L-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [smaɪlz] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.