Ciabatta

[t͡ʃaˈbata]

/[t͡ʃaˈbata]/ noun

The verdict

“Ciabatta” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - italienisches Brot aus Weizenmehl

Corpus desk

Index DE-ciabatta · Ciabatta · German

Ciabatta · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "C" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for Ciabatta
PropertyValue
HeadwordCiabatta
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[t͡ʃaˈbata]
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Ciabatta“ im Deutschen

Ciabattaliegt außerhalb der 100.000 häufigsten deutschen Wörter, im Langschwanz technischer, archaischer oder seltener Formen, genau dort, wo Schreibzweifeln zuschlagen.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Ciabatta is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [t͡ʃaˈbata]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "italienisches Brot aus Weizenmehl".

Ciabatta doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Ciabatta, spelled C-I-A-B-A-T-T-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    italienisches Brot aus Weizenmehl

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Purismus auch sonst. Ein Schälchen gute, würzige Perlgraupensuppe steht ganz allein gegen die Amuse-Gueule-Gewitter der Konkurrenz, das Brot, zwei Sorten Ciabatta, ist enttäuschend weich und konturlos.“
  2. „Ob Brötchen, Baguette, Sandwich oder Ciabatta — in jedem Fall kommt es auf den richtigen Belag an.“

Synonyms

Ciabattabrot

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Ciabatta"?
"Ciabatta" is spelled C-I-A-B-A-T-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is [t͡ʃaˈbata].
What does "Ciabatta" mean?
As a noun, "Ciabatta" means: italienisches Brot aus Weizenmehl
How do you pronounce "Ciabatta"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Ciabatta" is [t͡ʃaˈbata]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Ciabatta" come from?
"Ciabatta" 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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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list