archivieren
[aʁçiˈviːʁən]
The verdict
“archivieren” is uncommon German (frequency #63,111 among 113,935 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,111
- frequency rank, German
- 113,935
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Schriftgut in einem Archiv aufnehmen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | archivieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [aʁçiˈviːʁən] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #63,111 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “archivieren” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
archivieren is uncommon German at frequency #63,111 among 113,935 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [aʁçiˈviːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
archivieren doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is archivieren, spelled A-R-C-H-I-V-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1Schriftgut in einem Archiv aufnehmen
- 2Daten zur Aufbewahrung sichern/speichern
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 “archivieren”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-R-C-H-I-V-I-E-R-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [aʁçiˈviːʁən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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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.