Deka

[ˈdɛka]

/[ˈdɛka]/ abbrev

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The verdict

“Deka” is uncommon German (frequency #58,676 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,676
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dekagramm

Corpus desk

Index DE-deka · Deka · German

Deka · rank #58,676 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,676
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH Derivaten

Nearest frequency peer: Derivaten (+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 „Deka“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Deka
PropertyValue
HeadwordDeka
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAbbreviation
IPA[ˈdɛka]
Letters4
Frequency rank#58,676
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Deka“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Dekafällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Derivaten“ (#58,677), „Darlehens“ (#58,674), „darlegt“ (#58,673). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „Deka“ bei #58,676. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Deka is uncommon German at frequency #58,676 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anabbreviation, transcribed [ˈdɛka]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dekagramm".

Deka doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Deka, spelled D-E-K-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dekagramm

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „‚… Das bedeutet, dass in zehn Deka Leberkäse bis zu 300 Kalorien drinnen sind, die jedoch nicht satt machen.‘“

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 "Deka"?
"Deka" is spelled D-E-K-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈdɛka].
What does "Deka" mean?
As an abbreviation, "Deka" means: Dekagramm
How do you pronounce "Deka"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Deka" is [ˈdɛka]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Deka" come from?
"Deka" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list