theories
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The verdict
“theories” is uncommon German (frequency #94,969 among 35,386 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,969
- frequency rank, German
- 35,386
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Plural des Substantivs theory
Corpus desk
Index DE-theories · theories · German
theories · rank #94,969 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,969
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 35,386
- PHOTO-FINISH Theologiestud…
Nearest frequency peer: Theologiestudium (-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 “theories”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Tetraeder
Tetraeder
5,036 corpus weight
- theatralisc…
theatralischen
5,034 corpus weight
- Theologiest…
Theologiestudium
5,033 corpus weight
- theories
theories
5,032 corpus weight
- Thomaskirche
Thomaskirche
5,031 corpus weight
- thong
thong
5,030 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “theories” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | theories |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #94,969 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “theories” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
theories is uncommon German at frequency #94,969 among 35,386 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Plural des Substantivs theory".
Zero misspellings are on record for theories in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 theories, spelled T-H-E-O-R-I-E-S.
Definition
- 1Plural des Substantivs theory
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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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