traces
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The verdict
“traces” is uncommon German (frequency #97,829 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,829
- 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 trace
Corpus desk
Index DE-traces · traces · German
traces · rank #97,829 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,829
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH Tonika
Nearest frequency peer: Tonika (-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 „traces“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- toad
toad
2,176 corpus weight
- Todtnau
Todtnau
2,175 corpus weight
- Tonika
Tonika
2,174 corpus weight
- traces
traces
2,172 corpus weight
- Tranchen
Tranchen
2,169 corpus weight
- transzenden…
transzendentale
2,168 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „traces“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | traces |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #97,829 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „traces“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
traces is uncommon German at frequency #97,829 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 trace".
Zero misspellings are on record for traces in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is traces, spelled T-R-A-C-E-S.
Definition
- 13. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs trace
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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