Dateiformat
[daˈtaɪ̯fɔʁˌmaːt]
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
- damaliges
damaliges
16,172 corpus weight
- darjeeling
darjeeling
16,171 corpus weight
- Dateiformat
Dateiformat
16,170 corpus weight
- dazukommt
dazukommt
16,169 corpus weight
- Debütant
Debütant
16,168 corpus weight
- defensiver
defensiver
16,166 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Dateiformat“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dateiformat |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [daˈtaɪ̯fɔʁˌmaːt] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #83,831 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Dateiformat“ im Deutschen
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
- 1Beschreibung der Darstellung und Anordnung von Daten innerhalb einer Datei
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Dateiformat appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Majdak und Noisternig entwickelten nun das Dateiformat "SOFA" (Spatially oriented format for acoustics).“
„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.
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