Codename
[ˈkoːtˌnaːmə]
The verdict
“Codename” is uncommon German (frequency #59,551 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,551
- frequency rank, German
- 1,273
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - geheimer, zur Verschleierung des Realnamens verwendeter Name
Corpus desk
Index DE-codename · Codename · German
Codename · rank #59,551 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,551
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,273
- PHOTO-FINISH concrete
Nearest frequency peer: concrete (+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 „Codename“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Christenver…
Christenverfolgung
40,454 corpus weight
- citation
citation
40,453 corpus weight
- Codename
Codename
40,450 corpus weight
- concrete
concrete
40,449 corpus weight
- Conrads
Conrads
40,448 corpus weight
- Copenhagen
Copenhagen
40,447 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Codename“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| 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) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Codename“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Codename is uncommon German at frequency #59,551 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkoːtˌnaːmə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Codename appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Interessant war auch zu erfahren, wie viele Codenamen ihr von uns kennt, darunter meinen eigenen, Raouf.“
„›Beweg deinen faulen Arsch, Violator!‹, rief der alte Vietnam-Veteran und sprach Court mit Codenamen an.“
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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