thanks
[θæŋks]
The verdict
“thanks” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #27,087 in German word frequency and used as an interjection.
- #27,087
- frequency rank, German
- 6
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ausdruck, um seine Dankbarkeit zu zeigen
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 | thanks |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | [θæŋks] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #27,087 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “thanks” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for thanks is 6 letters long, classified as an interjection, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [θæŋks]. Corpus data places it at rank #27,087 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Ausdruck, um seine Dankbarkeit zu zeigen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for thanks, with forms such as "htanks", "tahnks", and "thakns". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "Trank", "think", "things", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is thanks, spelled T-H-A-N-K-S.
Definition
- 1Ausdruck, um seine Dankbarkeit zu zeigen
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: htanks,tahnks,thakns,thankks,thankss,thannks,thansk,thhanks,thnaks,tthanks
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of thanks - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “thanks”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is T-H-A-N-K-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [θæŋks] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Trank” - see the side-by-side comparison. thanks vs Trank
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.