Diode

[diˈʔoːdə]

/[diˈʔoːdə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Diode” is uncommon German (frequency #70,156 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,156
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - elektrisches Bauelement, das für elektrischen Strom nur in einer Richtung durchlässig ist

Corpus desk

Index DE-diode · Diode · German

Diode · rank #70,156 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,156
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH diktierte

Nearest frequency peer: diktierte (-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 „Diode“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Diode
PropertyValue
HeadwordDiode
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[diˈʔoːdə]
Letters5
Frequency rank#70,156
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Diode“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Diodefällt 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: „diktierte“ (#70,155), „Disputation“ (#70,157), „Digitalkameras“ (#70,154). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „Diode“ bei #70,156. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Diode is uncommon German at frequency #70,156 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [diˈʔoːdə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "elektrisches Bauelement, das für elektrischen Strom nur in einer Richtung durchlässig ist".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Diode, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Diode, spelled D-I-O-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    elektrisches Bauelement, das für elektrischen Strom nur in einer Richtung durchlässig ist

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Eine Gleichrichterdiode ist eine Diode, die spezielle Eigenschaften zur Wechselstrom-Gleichrichtung besitzt.
  2. „Ich wurde mit Dioden verklebt.“

This word in other languages

diode(English)diodo(Español)diode(Français)

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 "Diode"?
"Diode" is spelled D-I-O-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is [diˈʔoːdə].
What does "Diode" mean?
As a noun, "Diode" means: elektrisches Bauelement, das für elektrischen Strom nur in einer Richtung durchlässig ist
How do you pronounce "Diode"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Diode" is [diˈʔoːdə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Diode" come from?
"Diode" 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 "Diode", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list