sucks

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The verdict

“sucks” is uncommon German (frequency #89,634 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,634
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 suck

Corpus desk

Index DE-sucks · sucks · German

sucks · rank #89,634 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #89,634
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Stützpfeiler

Nearest frequency peer: Stützpfeiler (-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 „sucks“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sucks
PropertyValue
Headwordsucks
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[…]
Letters5
Frequency rank#89,634
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „sucks“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).sucksfällt 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: „Stützpfeiler“ (#89,633), „Sufismus“ (#89,635), „Superfood“ (#89,636). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „sucks“ bei #89,634. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sucks is uncommon German at frequency #89,634 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 suck".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for sucks, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is sucks, spelled S-U-C-K-S.

Definition

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    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs suck

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

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

Same letter count

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

stout#89,625taras#89,649stang#89,611Späti#89,603

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list