Datenspeicherung
[ˈdaːtn̩ˌʃpaɪ̯çəʁʊŋ]
The verdict
“Datenspeicherung” is uncommon German (frequency #71,220 among 45,632 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,220
- frequency rank, German
- 45,632
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Speicherung von Daten auf einem Datenträger
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Datenspeicherung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdaːtn̩ˌʃpaɪ̯çəʁʊŋ] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Frequency rank | #71,220 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Datenspeicherung” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Datenspeicherung is uncommon German at frequency #71,220 among 45,632 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdaːtn̩ˌʃpaɪ̯çəʁʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Datenspeicherung in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Datenspeicherung, spelled D-A-T-E-N-S-P-E-I-C-H-E-R-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Speicherung von Daten auf einem Datenträger
- 2kurz für Vorratsdatenspeicherung
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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Using “Datenspeicherung”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is D-A-T-E-N-S-P-E-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.