Dateiformat

[daˈtaɪ̯fɔʁˌmaːt]

/[daˈtaɪ̯fɔʁˌmaːt]/ noun

The verdict

“Dateiformat” is uncommon German (frequency #83,831 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,831
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Beschreibung der Darstellung und Anordnung von Daten innerhalb einer Datei

Corpus desk

Index DE-dateiformat · Dateiformat · German

Dateiformat · rank #83,831 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #83,831
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH darjeeling

Nearest frequency peer: darjeeling (-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 „Dateiformat“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Dateiformat
PropertyValue
HeadwordDateiformat
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[daˈtaɪ̯fɔʁˌmaːt]
Letters11
Frequency rank#83,831
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Dateiformat“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Dateiformatfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „darjeeling“ (#83,830), „dazukommt“ (#83,832), „damaliges“ (#83,829). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „Dateiformat“ bei #83,831. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Dateiformat is uncommon German at frequency #83,831 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [daˈtaɪ̯fɔʁˌmaːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Beschreibung der Darstellung und Anordnung von Daten innerhalb einer Datei".

Dateiformat doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Dateiformat, spelled D-A-T-E-I-F-O-R-M-A-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Beschreibung der Darstellung und Anordnung von Daten innerhalb einer Datei

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Majdak und Noisternig entwickelten nun das Dateiformat "SOFA" (Spatially oriented format for acoustics).“
  2. „Eine Lösung, die viele Nutzer nicht zufriedenstellen dürfte: Das Dateiformat wird häufig in Firmen eingesetzt, die Textdateien mit einfacher Formatierung mit Kunden beziehungsweise Partnern austauschen, die in unterschiedlichen Rechner- und Softeware-Umgebungen arbeiten.“

Synonyms

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 "Dateiformat"?
"Dateiformat" is spelled D-A-T-E-I-F-O-R-M-A-T. The IPA pronunciation is [daˈtaɪ̯fɔʁˌmaːt].
What does "Dateiformat" mean?
As a noun, "Dateiformat" means: Beschreibung der Darstellung und Anordnung von Daten innerhalb einer Datei
How do you pronounce "Dateiformat"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Dateiformat" is [daˈtaɪ̯fɔʁˌmaːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Dateiformat" come from?
"Dateiformat" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list