Datensicherung
[ˈdaːtənzɪçəʁʊŋ]
The verdict
“Datensicherung” is uncommon German (frequency #55,233 among 45,632 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,233
- frequency rank, German
- 45,632
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Vorgang in der Computertechnik zur Sicherung von Daten gegen unerwünschte Veränderung oder Verlust durch einmalige oder regelmäßige Anfertigung einer oder mehrerer Kopien des zu sichernden Datenbes...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Datensicherung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdaːtənzɪçəʁʊŋ] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #55,233 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Datensicherung” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Datensicherung is uncommon German at frequency #55,233 among 45,632 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdaːtənzɪçəʁʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Datensicherung has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Datensicherung, spelled D-A-T-E-N-S-I-C-H-E-R-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Vorgang in der Computertechnik zur Sicherung von Daten gegen unerwünschte Veränderung oder Verlust durch einmalige oder regelmäßige Anfertigung einer oder mehrerer Kopien des zu sichernden Datenbestandes bei gleichzeitiger Dokumentation von Herkunft der Quelldaten und Zeitpunkt der Erstellung.
- 2das Ergebnis des in [1] beschriebenen Vorgangs. Meist als Bezeichnung eines Datenträgers verwendet, auf dem die Kopie der gesicherten Daten gespeichert ist. Richtig: Sicherungskopie.
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 “Datensicherung”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is D-A-T-E-N-S-I-C-H-E-R-U-N-G - 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.