Chipkarte

[ˈt͡ʃɪpˌkaʁtə]

/[ˈt͡ʃɪpˌkaʁtə]/ noun

The verdict

“Chipkarte” is uncommon German (frequency #87,552 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,552
frequency rank, German
1,273
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Kunststoffkarte mit integriertem Schaltkreis, verwendbar als Zahlungsmittel, Ausweis oder Datenträger

Corpus desk

Index DE-chipkarte · Chipkarte · German

Chipkarte · rank #87,552 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,552
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,273
  • PHOTO-FINISH Chengdu

Nearest frequency peer: Chengdu (-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 „Chipkarte“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Chipkarte“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Chipkarte
PropertyValue
HeadwordChipkarte
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈt͡ʃɪpˌkaʁtə]
Letters9
Frequency rank#87,552
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Chipkarte“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Chipkartefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Chengdu“ (#87,551), „Chefärzte“ (#87,550), „choir“ (#87,554). Unter 1,273 „C“-Lemmata liegt „Chipkarte“ bei #87,552. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Chipkarte is uncommon German at frequency #87,552 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡ʃɪpˌkaʁtə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Kunststoffkarte mit integriertem Schaltkreis, verwendbar als Zahlungsmittel, Ausweis oder Datenträger".

Zero misspellings are on record for Chipkarte in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Chipkarte, spelled C-H-I-P-K-A-R-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Kunststoffkarte mit integriertem Schaltkreis, verwendbar als Zahlungsmittel, Ausweis oder Datenträger

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Chipkarte appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Der wichtigste Bestandteil der Chipkarte ist der integrierte Schaltkreis, der die Fähigkeiten und somit das Anwendungsgebiet der Chipkarte bestimmt.“
  2. „Es sah perfekt aus, und der kleine Moment, ehe das Schloß auf die Chipkarte reagierte, war wie stets der, in dem ich Angst hatte, nicht mehr zurück in mein Leben zu gelangen.“

Synonyms

Smartcard

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Chipkarte"?
"Chipkarte" is spelled C-H-I-P-K-A-R-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt͡ʃɪpˌkaʁtə].
What does "Chipkarte" mean?
As a noun, "Chipkarte" means: Kunststoffkarte mit integriertem Schaltkreis, verwendbar als Zahlungsmittel, Ausweis oder Datenträger
How do you pronounce "Chipkarte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Chipkarte" is [ˈt͡ʃɪpˌkaʁtə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Chipkarte" come from?
"Chipkarte" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Chipkarte", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list