database
[ˈdeɪtəbeɪs]
The verdict
“database” is uncommon German (frequency #50,387 among 45,632 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,387
- frequency rank, German
- 45,632
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - großer und strukturierter Bestand schnell auffindbarer einzelner Daten auf einem Computer
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | database |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdeɪtəbeɪs] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #50,387 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “database” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
database is uncommon German at frequency #50,387 among 45,632 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdeɪtəbeɪs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "großer und strukturierter Bestand schnell auffindbarer einzelner Daten auf einem Computer".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for database, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is database, spelled D-A-T-A-B-A-S-E.
Definition
- 1großer und strukturierter Bestand schnell auffindbarer einzelner Daten auf einem Computer
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 “database”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is D-A-T-A-B-A-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.