thus
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The verdict
“thus” is uncommon German (frequency #83,381 among 35,386 “T” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,381
- frequency rank, German
- 35,386
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - so, folgendermaßen
Corpus desk
Index DE-thus · thus · German
thus · rank #83,381 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,381
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 35,386
- PHOTO-FINISH Thronfolgers
Nearest frequency peer: Thronfolgers (-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 “thus”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Thinktank
Thinktank
16,623 corpus weight
- Thors
Thors
16,622 corpus weight
- Thronfolgers
Thronfolgers
16,621 corpus weight
- thus
thus
16,620 corpus weight
- ties
ties
16,619 corpus weight
- tissue
tissue
16,618 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “thus” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | thus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #83,381 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “thus” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
thus is uncommon German at frequency #83,381 among 35,386 “T” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for thus in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is thus, spelled T-H-U-S.
Definition
- 1so, folgendermaßen
- 2so, also, folglich
- 3so, so weit
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 "thus", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.