Yards
[jaːɐ̯t͡s]
The verdict
“Yards” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #29,437. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,437
- frequency rank, German
- 67
- “Y” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Yard
Corpus desk
Index DE-yards · Yards · German
Yards · rank #29,437 · 8 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #29,437
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 67
- PHOTO-FINISH wünschst
Nearest frequency peer: wünschst (-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 “Yards”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Wohngebäude
Wohngebäude
70,568 corpus weight
- Workout
Workout
70,567 corpus weight
- wünschst
wünschst
70,565 corpus weight
- Yards
Yards
70,564 corpus weight
- Zerstörungen
Zerstörungen
70,562 corpus weight
- Zigarren
Zigarren
70,561 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Yards” 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 | Yards |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [jaːɐ̯t͡s] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #29,437 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Yards” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Yards (IPA [jaːɐ̯t͡s]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,437 among 67 “Y” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Yards, with forms such as "ayrds", "yadrs", and "yardds". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "years", "yorks", "Yard", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 Yards, spelled Y-A-R-D-S.
Definition
- 1Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Yard
- 2Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Yard
- 3Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Yard
- 4Dativ Plural des Substantivs Yard
- 5Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Yard
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ayrds
- yadrs
- yardds
- yardss
- yarrds
- yarsd
- yrads
- yyards
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Yards - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Yards", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Yards". Here's where to go from here.
- "Yards" maps to 3 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "years". View pair
- 8 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #29,437 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "Y" letter cohort. Y–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.