Xs
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The verdict
“Xs” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #47,873) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #47,873
- frequency rank, German
- 21
- “X” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plural des Substantivs X
Corpus desk
Index DE-xs · Xs · German
Xs · rank #47,873 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #47,873
- LEN-SHORT 2 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 21
- PHOTO-FINISH Wählergruppe
Nearest frequency peer: Wählergruppe (-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 “Xs”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- worunter
worunter
52,131 corpus weight
- Wyoming
Wyoming
52,130 corpus weight
- Wählergruppe
Wählergruppe
52,129 corpus weight
- Xs
Xs
52,128 corpus weight
- YOLO
YOLO
52,126 corpus weight
- Zahnseide
Zahnseide
52,125 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Xs” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Xs |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #47,873 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Xs” sits in German frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for Xs is neighbouring look-alikes ("XXL", "your", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced […]. Frequency #47,873 among 21 “X” headwords. Gloss: "Plural des Substantivs X".
No misspelling variants are generated for Xs in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "XXL", "your", "zero", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Xs, spelled X-S.
Definition
- 1Plural des Substantivs X
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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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.