tags
[taːks]
The verdict
“tags” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #8,140. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,140
- frequency rank, German
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - am (hellen) Tag, den Tag über
Corpus desk
Index DE-tags · tags · German
tags · rank #8,140 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,140
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH teen
Nearest frequency peer: teen (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “tags”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- sympathisch
sympathisch
91,864 corpus weight
- Südtirol
Südtirol
91,863 corpus weight
- tags
tags
91,861 corpus weight
- teen
teen
91,860 corpus weight
- Tina
Tina
91,859 corpus weight
- traut
traut
91,858 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “tags” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tags |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [taːks] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #8,140 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “tags” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around tags (IPA [taːks]), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #8,140 among 2,684 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "am (hellen) Tag, den Tag über".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for tags, with forms such as "atgs", "taggs", and "tagss". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "TG", "Ts", "Tat", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is tags, spelled T-A-G-S.
Definition
- 1am (hellen) Tag, den Tag über
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tags appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Krise bewältigen und nebenbei Wahlen gewinnen, das ist der gemeinsame Konflikt von Union und Sozialdemokraten, sie müssen tags regieren und abends in den Hallen der Republik Schattenboxen üben.“
„In beiden Fragen berät er sich mit einem Mann, der ihm nicht nur die Antworten liefert, sondern ihn tags darauf auch auf seiner Reise begleiten wird.“
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- atgs
- taggs
- tagss
- tasg
- tgas
- ttags
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tags - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "tags", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "tags". Here's where to go from here.
- "tags" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "TG". View pair
- 6 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #8,140 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "T" letter cohort. T–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.