spirits

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The verdict

“spirits” is uncommon German (frequency #77,346 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,346
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 spirit

Corpus desk

Index DE-spirits · spirits · German

spirits · rank #77,346 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,346
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Spinnennetz

Nearest frequency peer: Spinnennetz (-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 „spirits“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for spirits
PropertyValue
Headwordspirits
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[…]
Letters7
Frequency rank#77,346
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „spirits“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).spiritsfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Spinnennetz“ (#77,345), „Spitzenleistung“ (#77,347), „Spielszenen“ (#77,344). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „spirits“ bei #77,346. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

spirits is uncommon German at frequency #77,346 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs spirit".

spirits doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is spirits, spelled S-P-I-R-I-T-S.

Definition

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    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs spirit

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 "spirits"?
"spirits" is spelled S-P-I-R-I-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "spirits" mean?
As a verb, "spirits" means: 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs spirit
How do you pronounce "spirits"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "spirits" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "spirits" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Spangen#77,340stapelt#77,362starrer#77,363Sturmes#77,381

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list