structures

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The verdict

“structures” is uncommon German (frequency #74,048 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#74,048
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plural des Substantivs structure

Corpus desk

Index DE-structures · structures · German

structures · rank #74,048 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #74,048
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Streitschrift

Nearest frequency peer: Streitschrift (-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 „structures“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for structures
PropertyValue
Headwordstructures
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters10
Frequency rank#74,048
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „structures“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Streitschrift“ (#74,047), „studentischer“ (#74,049), „Streetart“ (#74,046). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „structures“ bei #74,048. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

structures is uncommon German at frequency #74,048 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Plural des Substantivs structure".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for structures, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is structures, spelled S-T-R-U-C-T-U-R-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Plural des Substantivs structure

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 "structures"?
"structures" is spelled S-T-R-U-C-T-U-R-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "structures" mean?
As a noun, "structures" means: Plural des Substantivs structure
How do you pronounce "structures"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "structures" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

stilllegen#74,041stammender#74,036tarifliche#74,064sinnliches#74,008

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list