weapons

[ˈwɛpənz]

/[ˈwɛpənz]/ noun

The verdict

“weapons” is uncommon German (frequency #73,097 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,097
frequency rank, German
2,930
“W” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plural des Substantivs weapon

Corpus desk

Index DE-weapons · weapons · German

weapons · rank #73,097 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,097
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,930
  • PHOTO-FINISH WBS

Nearest frequency peer: WBS (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „weapons“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for weapons
PropertyValue
Headwordweapons
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈwɛpənz]
Letters7
Frequency rank#73,097
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „weapons“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).weaponsfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „WBS“ (#73,096), „Webern“ (#73,098), „Wasserbett“ (#73,095). Unter 2,930 „W“-Lemmata liegt „weapons“ bei #73,097. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

weapons is uncommon German at frequency #73,097 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈwɛpənz]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Plural des Substantivs weapon".

weapons has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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 explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is weapons, spelled W-E-A-P-O-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Plural des Substantivs weapon

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 "weapons"?
"weapons" is spelled W-E-A-P-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈwɛpənz].
What does "weapons" mean?
As a noun, "weapons" means: Plural des Substantivs weapon
How do you pronounce "weapons"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "weapons" is [ˈwɛpənz]. 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 "weapons", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list