tiers

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The verdict

“tiers” is uncommon German (frequency #64,781 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,781
frequency rank, German
2,684
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs tier

Corpus desk

Index DE-tiers · tiers · German

tiers · rank #64,781 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,781
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,684
  • PHOTO-FINISH thou

Nearest frequency peer: thou (-2 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 „tiers“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for tiers
PropertyValue
Headwordtiers
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[…]
Letters5
Frequency rank#64,781
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „tiers“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.tiersfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „thou“ (#64,779), „tome“ (#64,783), „Totholz“ (#64,784). Unter 2,684 „T“-Lemmata liegt „tiers“ bei #64,781. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

tiers is uncommon German at frequency #64,781 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs tier".

tiers has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is tiers, spelled T-I-E-R-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs tier

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 "tiers"?
"tiers" is spelled T-I-E-R-S. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "tiers" mean?
As a verb, "tiers" means: 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs tier
How do you pronounce "tiers"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tiers" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "tiers", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

tempi#64,775Tramp#64,788Sporn#64,726senne#64,703

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list