Codename
[ˈkoːtˌnaːmə]
The verdict
“Codename” is an uncommon German word, ranked #59,551 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #59,551
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - geheimer, zur Verschleierung des Realnamens verwendeter Name
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Codename |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkoːtˌnaːmə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #59,551 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Codename” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Codename is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkoːtˌnaːmə]. Corpus data places it at rank #59,551 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "geheimer, zur Verschleierung des Realnamens verwendeter Name".
Codename has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 Codename, spelled C-O-D-E-N-A-M-E.
Definition
- 1geheimer, zur Verschleierung des Realnamens verwendeter Name
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 “Codename”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is C-O-D-E-N-A-M-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈkoːtˌnaːmə] (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
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.