sudden

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The verdict

“sudden” is uncommon German (frequency #77,385 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,385
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plötzlich, jäh

Corpus desk

Index DE-sudden · sudden · German

sudden · rank #77,385 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,385
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Sulingen

Nearest frequency peer: Sulingen (+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 „sudden“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sudden
PropertyValue
Headwordsudden
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[…]
Letters6
Frequency rank#77,385
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „sudden“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Sulingen“ (#77,386), „Supermarktes“ (#77,387), „StVZO“ (#77,382). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „sudden“ bei #77,385. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sudden is uncommon German at frequency #77,385 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "plötzlich, jäh".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for sudden, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is sudden, spelled S-U-D-D-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    plötzlich, jäh

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how sudden appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. "The grandson, however, being smitten by a sudden wish to see the house himself, proposes to join the party. The grandmother, who is pleased that he should have that interest, accompanies him—though, to do him justice, he is exceedingly unwilling to trouble her."

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 "sudden"?
"sudden" is spelled S-U-D-D-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "sudden" mean?
As an adjective, "sudden" means: plötzlich, jäh
How do you pronounce "sudden"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sudden" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sudden" come from?
"sudden" 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 "sudden", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Storck#77,376Steher#77,368Tigern#77,420Trivia#77,433

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list