Arbeitsplatte
[ˈaʁbaɪ̯t͡sˌplatə]
The verdict
“Arbeitsplatte” is uncommon German (frequency #89,944 among 113,935 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,944
- frequency rank, German
- 113,935
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - auf Arbeitshöhe waagrecht angebrachte Platte in der Küche, die die Arbeitsfläche für die Essenszubereitung bildet
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Arbeitsplatte |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaʁbaɪ̯t͡sˌplatə] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #89,944 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Arbeitsplatte” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Arbeitsplatte is uncommon German at frequency #89,944 among 113,935 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈaʁbaɪ̯t͡sˌplatə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "auf Arbeitshöhe waagrecht angebrachte Platte in der Küche, die die Arbeitsfläche für die Essenszubereitung bildet".
Zero misspellings are on record for Arbeitsplatte in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Arbeitsplatte, spelled A-R-B-E-I-T-S-P-L-A-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1auf Arbeitshöhe waagrecht angebrachte Platte in der Küche, die die Arbeitsfläche für die Essenszubereitung bildet
This word in other languages
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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Using “Arbeitsplatte”
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- The one correct German spelling is A-R-B-E-I-T-S-P-L-A-T-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.