Disketten

[dɪsˈkɛtn̩]

/[dɪsˈkɛtn̩]/ noun

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The verdict

“Disketten” is uncommon German (frequency #52,023 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,023
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Diskette

Corpus desk

Index DE-disketten · Disketten · German

Disketten · rank #52,023 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,023
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH dogmatisch

Nearest frequency peer: dogmatisch (+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 „Disketten“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Disketten
PropertyValue
HeadwordDisketten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[dɪsˈkɛtn̩]
Letters9
Frequency rank#52,023
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Disketten“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Diskettenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „dogmatisch“ (#52,024), „diffusen“ (#52,021), „Detox“ (#52,020). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „Disketten“ bei #52,023. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Disketten is uncommon German at frequency #52,023 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [dɪsˈkɛtn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Disketten, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Disketten, spelled D-I-S-K-E-T-T-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Diskette
  2. 2
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Diskette
  3. 3
    Dativ Plural des Substantivs Diskette
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Diskette

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 "Disketten"?
"Disketten" is spelled D-I-S-K-E-T-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [dɪsˈkɛtn̩].
What does "Disketten" mean?
As a noun, "Disketten" means: Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Diskette
How do you pronounce "Disketten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Disketten" is [dɪsˈkɛtn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Disketten" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Datenlage#52,015Ebersbach#52,039einfältig#52,045bildliche#51,984

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list