Diskette
[dɪsˈkɛtə]
The verdict
“Diskette” is uncommon German (frequency #50,390 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,390
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - runder, magnetischer Wechseldatenträger, meist fest in eine Kunststoff- oder Papierhülle eingebaut
Corpus desk
Index DE-diskette · Diskette · German
Diskette · rank #50,390 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,390
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH Dienstgrad
Nearest frequency peer: Dienstgrad (-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 „Diskette“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- database
database
49,614 corpus weight
- Dienstgrad
Dienstgrad
49,612 corpus weight
- Diskette
Diskette
49,611 corpus weight
- diverses
diverses
49,610 corpus weight
- dosiert
dosiert
49,609 corpus weight
- Dreiländere…
Dreiländereck
49,608 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Diskette“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Diskette |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [dɪsˈkɛtə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #50,390 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Diskette“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Diskette is uncommon German at frequency #50,390 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [dɪsˈkɛtə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "runder, magnetischer Wechseldatenträger, meist fest in eine Kunststoff- oder Papierhülle eingebaut".
Zero misspellings are on record for Diskette in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 Diskette, spelled D-I-S-K-E-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1runder, magnetischer Wechseldatenträger, meist fest in eine Kunststoff- oder Papierhülle eingebaut
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Diskette appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die erste Diskette mit dem dazu gehörenden Laufwerk wurde von IBM 1971 auf den Markt gebracht.
Für viele Anwendungen wurde die Diskette von USB-Sticks abgelöst.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).