Xmas
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The verdict
“Xmas” is uncommon German (frequency #93,861 among 21 “X” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,861
- frequency rank, German
- 21
- “X” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abkürzung für Christmas; Weihnachten
Corpus desk
Index DE-xmas · Xmas · German
Xmas · rank #93,861 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,861
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 21
- PHOTO-FINISH Xanax
Nearest frequency peer: Xanax (-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 „Xmas“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Wortmeldung
Wortmeldung
6,143 corpus weight
- Würdenträge…
Würdenträgern
6,142 corpus weight
- Xanax
Xanax
6,141 corpus weight
- Xmas
Xmas
6,140 corpus weight
- Zacke
Zacke
6,138 corpus weight
- Zadar
Zadar
6,137 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Xmas“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Xmas |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #93,861 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Xmas“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Xmas is uncommon German at frequency #93,861 among 21 “X” headwords, classed as anabbreviation, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Abkürzung für Christmas; Weihnachten".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Xmas, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Xmas, spelled X-M-A-S.
Definition
- 1Abkürzung für Christmas; Weihnachten
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Xmas appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I wish you merry Xmas! - Ich wünsche Dir frohe Weihnachten!
Synonyms
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
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